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Trailer Watch: A Closeted Tailor Falls for His Apprentice in Maryam Touzani’s “The Blue Caftan”

"The Blue Caftan"

“A caftan must be survived by the one who wears it. Passed from mother to daughter. Stand the test of time,” we’re told in a new trailer for Maryam Touzani’s “The Blue Caftan.” The drama is Morocco’s pick in the International Oscar race and focuses on Mina (Lubna Azabal) and Halim (Saleh Bakri), a married couple who run a traditional caftan store in Morocco. To keep up with customer demands, they hire Youssef (Ayoub Missioui), a talented apprentice who is learning about embroidery and tailoring from Halim.

It’s not long before Halim and Youssef form an intense connection, and it’s far from platonic. The spot depicts the men looking admiringly at one another’s bodies. The film’s synopsis reveals that Mina slowly “realizes how much her husband is moved by the presence of the young man.”

Touzani, who made her feature debut with 2019’s “Adam,” has said that “The Blue Caftan” is “above all a film about love, about the freedom to be who you are, to love who you want to love.”

“The Blue Caftan” opens in theaters February 10. The film won the FIPRESCI Prize at Cannes last year.





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