The Blue Caftan
Friday, 03 May 2024, 20:00
Venue: (see Locations and Tickets for further details)
Programme category: Forest Row Film Society
Director: Maryam Touzani, France/Morocco/Belgium/Denmark 2022, 122 mins, 12A
"a hugely compassionate and emotionally satisfying movie" The Guardian
Halim owns a tiny traditional Moroccan tailor’s shop where he produces exquisite garments with his ailing wife who he loves deeply while riskily indulging his homosexuality elsewhere. The veneer of their everyday lives begins to creak when they take on a beautiful young boy as an apprentice. A gentle, finely crafted film – the subtle details are acutely observed to explore this tender story of love, death and sexuality under a repressive regime.
