Release, runtime and language

1998 · 82 mins · Arabic

Directed by

Daoud Aoulad-Syad

Starring

Zineb Smaiki, Abdellatif Khamouli, Mohamed Bastaoui, Nezha Rahile, Abdellah Didane, Mohamed Miftah

The nomadic life of Moroccan carnival performers provides the backdrop for director Daoud Aoulad‑Syad’s debut. It follows Rabi, a female impersonator who dances with traveling fairs, as he teams with Kacem, who hires him to promote his gambling concession. Rabi’s lack of interest in women perplexes Kacem’s son, yet he befriends a misfit schoolteacher, Nezha Rahile, who shares his outsider spirit.