Moroccan Artist Younes Megri Returns to Cinema with ‘Shadows of Caravaggio’

Younes Megri is back, but this time, he’s not singing; he’s soul-searching through cinema.

Fez– After years of artistic silence, legendary Moroccan performer Younes Megri is stepping back into the spotlight, but not in the way you might expect.

This time, he’s trading the stage for the screen, returning to cinema with a bold and introspective new film titled Shadows of Caravaggio

Directed by Jihanne El Jouhari and produced by Hussein Hnine, the film isn’t your usual popcorn flick.

It’s a work that breaks with convention, leaning into the philosophical, the poetic, and the deeply personal.

Rather than telling a straightforward story, Shadows of Caravaggio explores the inner life of an artist: his questions, his doubts, and the thin, electrified line between suffering and creativity.

Shot recently in Rabat, the film uses the city not just as a backdrop, but as an emotional landscape.

Carefully chosen locations serve as visual metaphors, echoing the solitude of the artistic process and the quiet chaos of inspiration.

The film’s style blends cinema and visual art, treating each frame like a painting and inviting the viewer to feel, not just follow. It’s less about plot, more about presence.

This is Megri’s first film project in a long time, but it’s not just a comeback, it’s a reinvention. Known for his decades-spanning career in both music and acting, Megri takes on a complex role that draws on his own humanity as much as his craft.

It’s the kind of part that seems written for someone who has lived many artistic lives, and Megri fits it like a glove.

He’s joined by actors Saad Mouaffak and Ahmed Chafai, among others, in a film that quietly challenges the rules of narrative cinema.

Together, they contribute to a piece that feels more like a visual meditation than a traditional movie, one that speaks to the viewer through beauty rather than exposition.

And there’s more. Megri is also set to be honored at the 6th edition of the Casablanca Arab Film Festival, a well-deserved tribute to a figure who has shaped Moroccan culture for over half a century.

From his early days as a founding member of the iconic band “Les Frères Megri” in the 1960s, to his evolution into a respected composer and film actor, Megri has never stopped expanding his artistic vocabulary.

With Shadows of Caravaggio, he doesn’t just return, he reminds us who she is as an artist and what cinema can be when it dares to think, to feel, and to look beyond the obvious.