La prière de l'absent (1995)

Directed by

Hamid Benani

Genre

comedy, drama

Country

Morocco

Runtime

1h 33m

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.

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How it feels

A man returns to his rural village in Morocco to confront a past tragedy. The story follows his journey through memory and loss across a landscape of poverty and change.

solemnslow-burnmelancholiccontemplativegroundedhauntingreflectivemeditative

What happens

The Absent's Prayer (Arabic: صلاة الغيب, French: La prière de l'absent) is a 1995 Moroccan film. It is an adaptation by director Hamid Bénani, of the novel of the same name by Tahar Ben Jelloun. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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