Khaled

Khaled is a Canadian drama film, directed by Asghar Massombagi and released in 2001. It is the story of a ten-year-old boy who tries to conceal the death of his mother. The film premiered at the 2001 Toronto International Film Festival. In 2023, Telefilm Canada announced that the film was one of 23 titles that will be digitally restored under its new Canadian Cinema Reignited program to preserve classic Canadian films. Plot Khaled (Michael D'Ascenzo) lives in a Toronto housing project with his mother, who is French Canadian and chronically ill. His father is Moroccan and abandoned the family when Khaled was young. One day his mother dies, but Khaled attempts to carry on life as normal. His life deteriorates as his landlord harasses him for overdue rent, and neighbors begin to notice the smell of decay from his apartment.