The Blue Caftan (15) Borderlines Film Festival – PREVIEW

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Preview courtesy of Modern Films

This rich, slow-burn drama about the complex relationship between a long-married couple delights with glorious and sensual detail.

Halim (Saleh Bakri) and Mina (Lubna Azabal) run a caftan shop in the historic Salé medina, producing exquisitely finished handsewn garments. Married for some time, their union nevertheless contains a secret which must be kept quiet in a strictly conservative country like Morocco, and when new circumstances (including the arrival of a young apprentice) arise, so too do new emotional challenges that threaten to upset the careful calibration of their lives. Brilliantly acted, it’s an overwhelmingly tender character study and a thoughtful investigation into a country’s relationship with tradition and modernity.

“It’s gorgeous. Pure breath of life for 90 minutes.” Jonathan Romney

DIRECTOR: Maryam Touzani
STARRING: Lubna Azabal, Saleh Bakri, Ayoub Massioui
FRANCE/MOROCCO/BELGIUM, 2022
ARABIC WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
1 HOUR 58 MINUTES
FIPRESCI Prize, Cannes Film Festival 2022 Shortlisted for International Feature Oscar (Morocco)