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Category: Un Certain Regard

Maha ALEMI, Lubna AZABAL, Sarah PERLES, Faouzi BENSAÏDI, Nadia NIAZI, Rawia

Sofia (2018) by Meryem Benm’Barek: sex outside of marriage and other taboo subjects in today’s Morocco

★★★★☆ In short: a delicately directed and highly emotional drama set in contemporary Morocco highlighting stifling social inequalities and patriarchal … More

Cannes 2018, Faouzi BENSAÏDI, Hamza KHAFIF, Lubna AZABAL, Maghreb, Maha Alemi, Maroc, Meryem BENM’BAREK, moroccan cinema, Morocco, Nadia NIAZI, Rawia, Sarah Perles, sofia, Un Certain Regard

The Dead and The Others (2018) by Nader Messora and Salaviza: a magnetic story about the cruel divide between indigenous and western lives in rural Brazil

★★★★☆ In short: The beautiful and melancholy portrayal of a 15-year-old indigenous Krahô at a crossroads between an anxious and … More

Chuva É Cantoria Na Aldeia Dos Mortos, João Salaviza, Krahô, Renée Nader Messora, The Dead And The Others, Un Certain Regard
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