El Haimoune (1984)

Original title

الهائمون

Directed by

Nacer Khemir

Genre

drama film, fantasy film, mystery film, thriller film

Country

Tunisia, France

Runtime

1h 35m

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man wanders through a North African desert landscape. He encounters strange people and unsettling events. The film follows his journey without a clear destination.

slow-burnmysteriouscontemplativeatmosphericmelancholicdreamlikesparseunsettling

What happens

El Haimoune (Arabic: الهائمون / Al-Haymun, meaning: The Wanderers) (French: Les Baliseurs du désert, English: Wanderers of the Desert) is a 1984 film by Tunisian writer and director Nacer Khemir. It is the first part of Khemir's "Desert Trilogy" that also includes "The Dove's lost necklace" and Bab'Aziz. It stars Nacer Khemir, Soufiane Makni, Noureddine Kasbaoui, Hedi Daoud, and Sonia Ichti. It was filmed in Tunisia. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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