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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.

Screenings

Thu 21 Nov · 18:00 – 19:25 Opera House - Small Theatre
Fri 22 Nov · 16:00 – 17:25 Zamalek Cinema 1