Illicit love
New Zealand Listener|May 13 -20th, 2023
Moroccan film uses familiar tropes to great effect.
- SARAH WATT
Illicit love

THE BLUE CAFTAN directed by Maryam Touzani

The peaceful existence of a childless couple is challenged when they employ a handsome young assistant to work in the tailoring business they run in an ancient quarter of a Moroccan town. It's a place where illicit passion must be denied or hidden away, and interpersonal dishonesty is a fact of life.

この蚘事は New Zealand Listener の May 13 -20th, 2023 版に掲茉されおいたす。

7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トラむアルを開始しお、䜕千もの厳遞されたプレミアム ストヌリヌ、9,000 以䞊の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしおください。

この蚘事は New Zealand Listener の May 13 -20th, 2023 版に掲茉されおいたす。

7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トラむアルを開始しお、䜕千もの厳遞されたプレミアム ストヌリヌ、9,000 以䞊の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしおください。

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