The Blue Caftan

2023 2h 2m AR

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7.2

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★7.2TMDB · 195

DramaRomance

Synopsis

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A middle-aged tailor and his wife find their relationship challenged by the arrival of a handsome new apprentice.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Lubna Azabal
Mina
Saleh Bakri
Halim
Ayoub Messioui
Youssef
Zakaria Atifi
Bachir
Mounia Lamkimel
Blue Caftan Client
Abdelhamid Zoughi
Doctor
Fatima Hilal
Boutique Customer
Mariam Lalouaz
Boutique Customer

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Maryam Touzani
Writers: Maryam Touzani, Nabil Ayouch
Languages: Arabic
Countries: Belgium, Denmark, France, Morocco

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1 / 6

ERA

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Released 3 years ago.

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2 / 6

WORLD

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International production across 4 countries: Belgium, Denmark, France, Morocco.

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3 / 6

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Maryam Touzani, shot by Virginie Surdej. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 6

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Kristian Eidnes Andersen. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 6

CAST

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Lubna Azabal and Saleh Bakri and Ayoub Messioui carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 6

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt17679584 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Maryam Touzani directs. Virginie Surdej behind the camera. Kristian Eidnes Andersen scores. Produced in Belgium, Denmark, France, Morocco. Dialogue in Arabic.

Trivia

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1Released 3 years ago.
2International production across 4 countries: Belgium, Denmark, France, Morocco.
3Directed by Maryam Touzani, shot by Virginie Surdej. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Kristian Eidnes Andersen. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Lubna Azabal and Saleh Bakri and Ayoub Messioui carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt17679584 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Classified under 8 themes, including "bath house", "morocco", "male homosexuality", "lgbt".
8Released under 16 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Virginie Surdej
Original score: Kristian Eidnes Andersen
Makeup / hair: Jennifer Courouge
Sound: Claus Lynge
Runtime: 122 min · 2h 2m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: AR
IMDB: The Blue Caftan (2023)

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CinemaSerf2023-05-15
★ 7/10
"Halim" (Saleh Bakri) lives with his ailing wife "Mina" (Lubna Azabal) and together they run a small tailoring business. Now he is a master craftsman, everything is measured, cut and stitched by hand - a fairly labour intensive and time consuming process. To help meet the demands of his impatient customers, he has acquired an handsome apprentice "Youssef" (Ayoub Missioui) who takes a keen interest in his work and demonstrates an aptitude that is increasingly appreciated by "Halim". What's also fairly obvious is that both men are attracted to each other and we now embark on a rather delicate triangle in which the two men - entirely platonically - develop their relationship under the watchful gaze of his wife whom we suspect suspects, but... It's a very gently paced film this, allowing the three strong performances from these on-form character actors to develop slowly and engagingly and though the underpinning issues of sexuality in a country that is still largely unwelcoming is part of the theme, it is not a greater a part than the observation of the couple's happy marriage nor of the creative beauty of the men's skills at creating garments of delicacy and fineness. It's a film about discovery and family and I found it worked really quite well as we navigate a myriad of challenges towards the conclusion that, like the rest of this story, is anything but simple. It's quite observational in nature, so don't expect things to rattle along - they don't, but it draws together threads of lives and choices in as intricate a fashion as any of his creations and is really well worth a watch.
RedaX*2024-03-05
Very mediocre and not a step-up from Meryam Touzani's first feature which was also an okay film. The relationship between the three main characters wasn't dynamic or memorable. The moments when the film was trying to go deep with the relationship of the characters or their past didn't bring us closer to the characters. And I have to say that Loubna Azabal and Saleh Bakri Moroccan dialect isn't compelling and it was a barrier between us - the audience - and the characters.

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