About Some Meaningless Events (1974)
- Original title
- أحداث بلا دلالة
- Directed by
- Mustapha Derkaoui
- Genre
- documentary, crime, drama
- Country
- Morocco
- Runtime
- 1h 18m
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 7 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A Moroccan docu-fiction from 1974 that blurs the line between reality and performance. It was banned after one screening and presumed lost until its rediscovery in 2016.
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What happens
About Some Meaningless Events is a 1974 docu-fiction film directed by Mostafa Derkaoui. Moroccan authorities banned the film after its first and only screening in Paris. Widely believed to have been lost, negative prints were uncovered in the archives of the Filmoteca De Catalunya in Barcelona in 2016 by researcher Lea Morin. The prints were restored and the film was then streamed online and presented at a number of events and film festivals, including the Marseille Festival of Documentary Film, MoMa's Doc Fortnight 2021 festival and the 69th Berlin International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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