Calligrapher
This second feature in Nacer Khemir's Desert Trilogy is a visually ravishing folktale reminiscent of "The Thousand and One Nights." The story revolves around Hassan, who is studying Arabic calligraphy from a grand master. Coming across a fragment of manuscript, Hassan goes in search of the missing pieces, believing that once he finds them, he will learn the secrets of love. With the help of Zin, a lovers’ go-between, he meets the beautiful Aziz, Princess of Samarkand. After encountering wars, a battle between false prophets and an ancient curse, he learns that an entire lifetime would not suffice for him to learn the many dimensions of love.
Directed by Fahdel Jaibi and Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud.
The first of Nacer Khemir's highly-regarded Desert Trilogy that includes The Dove's Lost Necklace and Bab'Aziz - The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul. Khemir creates an exotic world with Wanderers of the Desert when a young teacher arrives to take over a village school isolated in the shimmering desert. Legendary figures materialize out of wells and the desert itself, groups of children hurry through a labyrinth of underground corridors, the teacher is whisked away to a mysterious rendezvous and never returns.
Servant
Успешный судоходный магнат Нед Роули только что стал вдовцом, и теперь он должен воспитывать своих маленьких сыновей Эндрю и Майлза сам. Но Неду, который не очень хорошо знает своих детей, приходится нелегко. Римейк одноимённого фильма Луиджи Коменчини 1966 года.
Anthology film portraying the stories from the collection Sleepless Nights by Ali Douagi.
