A young teacher arrives to take over a village school isolated in the shimmering desert. Legendary figures materialize out of wells and the desert itself, groups of children hurry through a labyrinth of underground corridors, and the teacher is whisked away to a mysterious rendezvous and never returns.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- SATPEC, France Média, LATIF
Keywords
- teacher
- disappearance
- desert
- sufism
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Top Cast
Nacer Khemir as Abdulsalam (Teacher)
Soufiane Makni as Hussayn
Jamila Ourabi as The grandmother
Hedi Daoud as The sheikh
Abdel Azim Abdel Haqq as Al-Hajj
Hassen Khalsi as Police officer
Noureddine Kasbaoui as Report writer
Sonia Ichti as The girl
Top Crew
Nacer Khemir · Director, Writer
Moufida Tlatli · Editor
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