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Salvation Army (2013)

Salvation Army poster
Original title
L'Armée du Salut
Directed by
Abdellah Taïa
Genre
drama film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 22m
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 36 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young Moroccan man grows up in a strict family and navigates his sexuality. The story follows his journey from childhood in Casablanca to adulthood abroad.

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What happens

Salvation Army is a 2013 French-Swiss-Moroccan drama film written and directed by Abdellah Taia in his directorial debut. It is an adaptation of Taia's 2006 autobiographical novel of the same name. Taia submitted the controversial film's original screenplay to the National Centre for Moroccan Cinema, hoping it would be released in Morocco. The film won multiple awards and was screened at the Venice Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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