As Rich as the King

Casablanca in the mid-Nineties. Sarah is poor, but at least she’s French, which allows her to attend the city’s elite high school for ex pats and wealthy locals. Then she sees Driss outside school one day. He’s older, quiet and not very good looking - apart from his eyes, which are the green of simmering thyme. But more importantly he’s rumoured to the richest guy in the city. She decides to seduce him. More than that: to marry him. But to get to Driss she will have to cross the gaping divide that separates them and climb to the top of the city’s society, from street corner merguez and frites to mansions overlooking the ocean. Provocative, immersive, sensual, As Rich as the King is at once a twisted love story and a heady journey through the streets of Casablanca.