1997 · drama · thriller · road
Mektoub
Directed by Nabil Ayouch1h 30m1997
A young woman attending a conference in Tangier with her husband is kidnapped and raped, but rebuilds her relationship with her husband on a trip to the south of Morocco.
Our read: Mektoub (1997) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded drama · thriller · road entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured drama / thriller, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
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