Salvation Army (2013)
director of photography:
Agnès Godard
cast:
Said Mrini, Karim Ait M'Hand, Amine Ennaji, Frédéric Landenberg, Guillaume Bonnier, Sandra Korol, Felipe Castro
director:
Abdellah Taïa
running time:
82 min.
writer:
Abdellah Taïa
synopsis
Abdellah is a young gay man navigating the sexual, racial and political climate of Morocco. Growing up in a large family in a working-class neighborhood, Abdellah is caught between a distant father, an authoritarian mother, an older brother whom he adores and a handful of predatory older men, in a society that denies his homosexuality.
Abdellah is a young gay man navigating the sexual, racial and political climate of Morocco. Growing up in a large family in a working-class neighborhood, Abdellah is caught between a distant father, an authoritarian mother, an older brother whom he adores and a handful of predatory older men, in a society that denies his homosexuality.
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