The Dove's Lost Necklace (french: Le collier perdu de la colombe) is a 1994 French/Tunisian drama film directed by
Nacer Khemir
Nacer Khemir ( ar, ناصر خمير), born in 1948 in Korba, Tunisia, is a Tunisian writer, artist, storyteller, and filmmaker.
Biography
From an early age, Khemir was fascinated by classical Arabic culture and by storytelling. He has cited th ...
. It is the second film in Khemir's Desert Trilogy.
Plot
The movie is set in Medieval Spain. Hassan a student of calligraphy in 11th Century
Andalucía
Andalusia (, ; es, Andalucía ) is the southernmost Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Peninsular Spain. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomous community in the country. It is officially recognised as a ...
. Being the naïve young student he is, Hassan seeks love through books and poetry. He comes across a fragment of a page from a book of poems, and becomes obsessed with finding the rest. In his quest to find the lost bits of the manuscripts, Hassan acquires the help of child protagonist Zin.
Cast
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Navin Chowdhry - Hassan
* Walid Arakji - Zin
* Ninar Esber - Aziz
* Noureddine Kasbaoui - Calligrapher
* Jamil Joudi - Giaffar
* Sonia Hochlaff
External links
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1994 drama films
1994 films
References
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