''The Blue Caftan'' (french: Le Bleu du caftan) is a 2022 Arabic-language
drama film directed by
Maryam Touzani. It depicts a woman and her closetedly gay husband, who run a
caftan store in the
medina of
Salé, Morocco, and hire a young man as an apprentice. The film premiered in the
Un Certain Regard section at the
2022 Cannes Film Festival
The 75th annual Cannes Film Festival is an upcoming film festival scheduled to take place from 17 to 28 May 2022. The festival will see a tribute to actor Tom Cruise, whose film '' Top Gun: Maverick'' is due to premiere at the festival. The off ...
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The Moroccan Cinema Center (''Centre cinématographique marocain'') announced that ''The Blue Caftan'' had been chosen to represent Morocco in the 2023 Oscars shortlist in the "International Feature Film" category.
Cast
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Lubna Azabal
Lubna Azabal (born 15 August 1973) is a Belgian actress of Moroccan–Spanish descent.
Career
Azabal was born on 15 August 1973 in Brussels to a Moroccan father and a Spanish mother.[Saleh Bakri
Saleh Bakri ( ar, صالح بكري, he, סאלח בכרי; born 1977) is an Israeli-born Palestinian film and theater actor. He began his career in the theater. He is the son of actor and film director Mohammad Bakri, brother of actors Ziad an ...]
as Halim
* Ayoub Missioui as Youssef
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2022 drama films
2022 films
2022 LGBT-related films
LGBT-related drama films
French drama films
Moroccan drama films
Belgian drama films
Danish drama films
French LGBT-related films
Belgian LGBT-related films
Danish LGBT-related films
2020s Arabic-language films
Gay-related films
Films set in Morocco
Films shot in Morocco
2020s French films
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