A Moroccan tailor’s quiet marriage is transformed when a young apprentice awakens desire, tenderness and long-buried truth.
In one of Morocco’s oldest medinas, Halim and Mina run a traditional caftan shop built on skill, routine and unspoken compromise. When they hire young apprentice Youssef, Mina begins to sense the feelings stirring in her husband. THE BLUE CAFTAN is a tender, beautifully observed drama about love, secrecy, devotion and the delicate art of being truly known.
Rialto Recommends THE BLUE CAFTAN is exquisite: a film of fabric, silence, longing and grace. Set within the intimate world of a traditional Moroccan caftan shop, it unfolds with extraordinary tenderness as a marriage makes room for truth, desire and compassion. Elegant, restrained and deeply moving, it is a love story not about possession, but generosity.
Cast
Lubna Azabal (Mina), Saleh Bakri (Halim), Ayoub Missioui (Youssef)
Director
Writer
Writer
Languages
Arabic, French
Subtitles
English
Countries
France, Morocco, Belguim, Denmark
Studio
Potential Films