{"id":4144,"date":"2023-07-14T16:26:58","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T15:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forestrowfilmsociety.org\/news\/?page_id=4144"},"modified":"2023-07-14T16:26:58","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T15:26:58","slug":"the-blue-caftan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forestrowfilmsociety.org\/news\/films\/the-blue-caftan\/","title":{"rendered":"The Blue Caftan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Director: Maryam Touzani, France\/Morocco\/Belgium\/Denmark 2022, 122 mins, 12A<\/p>\n

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"a hugely compassionate and emotionally satisfying movie" The Guardian<\/i>
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Halim owns a tiny traditional Moroccan tailor\u2019s 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 \u2013 the subtle details are acutely observed to explore this tender story of love, death and sexuality under a repressive regime.
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Further reading<\/h4>\n
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  1. RogerEbert.com<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Sight and Sound<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Eye for Film<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Interview with the director<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ol>\n

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