Moroccan director Maryam Touzani, whose is sophomore feature, “The Blue Caftan,” unspools in Un Certain Regard, has never been afraid to tackle topics that shatter her country’s social conventions.…
, whose is sophomore feature, “The Blue Caftan,” unspools in Un Certain Regard, has never been afraid to tackle topics that shatter her country’s social conventions.
The film stars Lubna Azabal and Saleh Bakri as Mina and Halim, a married couple who run a traditional caftan store in one of Morocco’s oldest medinas, or “old towns,” in the city of Salè. To keep up with demand, they hire Youssef , a talented apprentice whom Halim takes under his wing. Slowly, Mina, whose health is deteriorating, realizes how much her husband is taken by the presence of this young man.
She knew that the fact that he would be portraying a gay man was not something to be taken lightly when she approached Palestinian actor Bakri about the role. It’s “a love story in the broadest sense,” the director points out, because Halim and Mina are a heterosexual couple who love each other and Mina is a Muslim woman who encourages her husband to be who he really is.
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