Horizons of Arab Cinema · 45th Edition
The blue lake
Al Marja Zarqa
Director
Daoud Aoulad-Syad
Country
Morocco
Runtime
1 h 25 min
Language
Arabic
Premiere
World Premiere
Synopsis
Youssef is a twelve-year-old orphan and blind boy who lives with his grandparents in a village lost in the desert. One day, his grandfather surprised him by buying him a camera. Youssef starts photographing everything around him. There is a trip to the blue lake in the desert. What could yousser do?.
Cast
Youssef Akadir, Hasna Tamtaiui, Mohamed Khouyi
Screenplay
Daoud Aoulad-Syad, Majid Seddati, El Hoceine Chani
Producers
Daoud Aoulad-Syad, Cécile Rubrecht
About the Director
Daoud Aoulad-Syad, born April 14, 1953 in Marrakech, is a Moroccan director, screenwriter and photographer. Doctor in Physical Sciences After several exhibitions, he entered the Femis. His first feature film Adieu forain in 1998.Then The wind horse (2001), Tarfaya (2003), Waiting for Pasolini (2007) The mosque (2010), and the voices of the desert (2017). The Blue Lake (2024) is his last project.
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