“The Blue Caftan” is an exquisite slow-burn romantic drama from Morocco, a country where homosexuality is illegal. Halim (Saleh Bakri) is a maalem, a tailor
The New Arab Meets: Moroccan filmmaker Maryam Touzani, whose films tell deeply necessary stories. Here, she shares the chance interactions that inspire her and what she hopes people take from her latest release, The Blue Caftan.
A caftan must be able to survive the one who wears it. Strand has unveiled the official US trailer for an indie drama from France titled The Blue Caftan,
‘Perfect Strangers’ Director: Wissam Smayra Starring: Mona Zaki, Nadine Labaki, Georges Khabbaz The original Italian version of “Perfect Strangers” had already been remade across the world before its Arabic-language iteration was released on Netflix. But nowhere else has it caused the stir that it did in the Middle East. The conceit is simple: Seven friends at a dinner party