El-haimoune (Les baliseurs du désert)
1984 · Movie · 95 min. · Tunisia
El Haimoune is a Sufi tale, a film based on a poem, a quest for roots, love and freedom. A young teacher arrives at a village built on the border of the desert where children have never been to school. Apart from the children, the village is inhabited by elderly men, women, and a mysterious and beautiful young girl. The men left to seek the boundaries of the limitless desert. The teacher is finally captivated by the shimmering world of sand and the Andalusia melody of its wanderers. In this story, magic and reality overlap to sing the beauty of the desert. The filmmaker, through carefully planned shots and sequences, which are treated like paintings, and the poetry of his writing, pays an homage to the splendour of Arabian culture.
Direction Nacer Khemir
Cast Nacer Khemir · Soufiane Makni · Noureddine Kasbaoui · Sonia Ichti · Hedi Daoud · Hassen Khalsi · Abdelazim Abdelhack
Soundtrack Fethi Zgonda
Screenplay Nacer Khemir
Cinematography Georges Barsky
Original title El-haimoune (Les baliseurs du désert)
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