Before the Dying of the Light (2020)
- Original title
- قبل زحف الظلام
- Directed by
- Ali Essafi
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Morocco
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- 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
This documentary explores the lives and work of Moroccan filmmakers from the 1960s and 1970s through a blend of archival footage and personal interviews. It looks at how their art captured a changing society and political climate.
reflectivepoeticmeditativecontemplativenostalgicslow-pacedvisually richbittersweet
What happens
Before the Dying of the Light (Arabic: قبل زحف الظلام, Tifinagh: ⵓⵜⵔ ⴷⴻⵔⵜ ⵜⵉⴼⵔⵙ) is a 2020 documentary film directed and produced by Moroccan filmmaker Ali Essafi. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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