Horses of God (Main Image still)
Les Chevaux de Dieu
115 mins Mon 17 Sept 8:30pm | Moroccan Arabic and French with EN subs
FRA/BEL/TUN/MAR | 2012 | dir. Nabil Ayouch, with Abdelhakim Rachi, Abdelilah Rachid, Hamza Souidek
A gripping chronicle of the transformation of two carefree young Casablancan hustlers into terrorists, Horses of God has a sweep and grandeur seldom seen in Arab pictures. Inspired by the 2003 Casablanca suicide bombings – the deadliest terrorist attacks in Morocco’s history – Ayouch aptly translates Mahi Binebine’s searing text into an intimate epic of debilitating poverty, violence and lost innocence without losing empathy for the broken central characters.
Followed by a Q&A with author Mahi Binebine and director Nabil Ayouch (TBC) to book click here
In the Land of Tararanni
No other #Tunisian book has been as popular and influential as Ali Douagi’s short story collection Sahirtu Minhu al-Layali (Sleepless Nights), published posthumously in 1969. Widely regarded as the father of the Tunisian short story and the nation’s greatest satirist, Douagi captured the zeitgeist of the pre-independence period with a smartness and wit that endures.
This anthology film – directed by Férid Boughedir, Hamouda Ben Halima and Hédi Ben Khalifa – comprises three stories set in the 1930s. In ‘The Lamppost’, a hairdresser meets a mysterious veiled stranger alone under a street lamp; in ‘The Visit’, an unhappy wife complains to her mother about mistreatment by her habitually drunk husband; and in ‘Picnic’, a man shares anecdotes from his rocky marriage over a lunch with a friend.
Rarely seen outside Tunisia, In the Land of Tararanni is among the handful of Tunisian literary adaptations made at the first creative peak of Tunisian cinema; an analytical look at a dysfunctional society that superbly balances bitterness and ire with charm and humour. Book here
SAFAR Multibuy offer: Tickets are £9 each when booking for 3 films or more.
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