The Blue Caftan (2023)

Original title

أزرق القفطان

Directed by

Maryam Touzani

Genre

drama film, comedy film, romance film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

Morocco, France, Denmark, Belgium

Runtime

2h 02m

Rated

M

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 182 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film follows a married couple who run a traditional caftan shop in Morocco. The husband grapples with his closeted homosexuality while his wife faces a serious illness, and they navigate love, loyalty, and secrecy in their daily lives.

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What happens

The Blue Caftan (Arabic: أزرق القفطان, released in France as Le Bleu du caftan) is a 2022 Moroccan Arabic-language drama film directed by Maryam Touzani, and written by Touzani with the collaboration of Nabil Ayouch. The film premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the FIPRESCI Prize in its section. The Moroccan Cinema Center (Centre cinématographique marocain) selected The Blue Caftan to represent Morocco in the 2023 Oscars International Feature Film category, where it made history as the first Moroccan film to be shortlisted for the award. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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