72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Al-haimun fi al-sahraa/Les baliseurs du désert / The Wanderers

Nacer Khemir
Tunisia-France      95 m.
Synopsis
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An old bus makes its way along an almost invisible road beneath an enormous sky towards an infinite horizon. Among the travellers is a young teacher assigned to a remote desert village. There's not even a school, and there's no one left, apart from the children, except for the elderly, women, and an enigmatic young girl. The men have gone into the desert to explore its limits. Sometimes in the silence they can be heard, the deep, monotous echo of Andalusi song like a lost call. They can be seen in the distance, like a mirage, like salt statues enveloped in sand clouds in the midst of a vast desert. They are the wanderers who try to establish the limits of the desert.
Director
Nacer Khemir
Screenplay
Nacer Khemir
Photography
Georges Barsky
Edition
Moufida Tlatli
Cast
Soufiane Makni, Noureddine Kasbaoui, Sonia Ichti, Abdeladhim Abdelhak
Running Time
95 m.
Country
Tunisia-France
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