Collapsed Walls

Synopsis

The residents of a small Moroccan city endure separate lives while knowing the same cycles of burden and small joys. Wives and husbands, mothers and fathers, sons and daughters manoeuvre their way through mourning as death takes loved ones and life insists on moving forward. Here, letting go is a challenge for both the dead and the living. The people of this city share the same world, but don’t always know when they live in each other’s lives, helping and harming each other. Connected by friendship, proximity, and blood, they both destroy and support each other. Through weddings, funerals, murders, forgiveness, love, new birth, and sacrifice, the living build community and hope. Meanwhile, the souls of the dead linger to watch over loved ones.

About the Director

An award winning Moroccan American independent filmmaker. He wrote and directed both fiction and documentaries including: Weight of The Shadow (2014), Sweat Rain (2017), and Collapsed Walls (2021).

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