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Portrait of Robert De Niro

Photo: Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Robert De Niro

Honoured at the film festival in 2018, he came back to open his own hotel.

  • From: United States
  • Known as: actor
  • Their tie: keeps coming back, told the story
  • When: 2018, 2023

The story

Robert De Niro received the Marrakech film festival's Étoile d'Or in 2018. He returned in May 2023 to open the Nobu Hotel in the Hivernage district, and told Moroccan TV he was fascinated by the country and hoped to shoot films there.

Cérémonie d'Hommage à Robert De Niro au #FIFM2018 · Marrakech Film Festival on YouTube. It loads only when you tap.

Where in Morocco

  • Marrakech (Palais des Congrès): Étoile d'Or tribute, 2018
  • Marrakech (Nobu Hotel, Hivernage): opened his hotel, 2023
Sources, checked 2026-11-15
  1. telquel.ma/instant-t/2023/05/26/cinema-robert-de-niro-se-dit-fascine-par-le-maro
  2. www.moroccoworldnews.com/2023/05/33180/robert-de-niro-arrives-in-marrakech-for-n

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