2005 · drama · fantasy
Bab'Aziz
Directed by Nacer Khemir1h 36m2005
The story of a blind dervish named Bab'Aziz and his spirited granddaughter, Ishtar. Together they wander the desert in search of a great reunion of dervishes that takes place just once every thirty years. With faith as their only guide, the two journey for days through the expansive, barren landscape.
Our read: Bab'Aziz (2005) reads as a warm, slow-burn, inventive drama · fantasy entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Warm, slow-burn, gentle drama / fantasy, inventive in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender.
- warm
- slow-burn
- gentle
- inventive
- redemptive
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