Re: I Just Watched...
Posted: January 1st, 2024, 7:23 pm
The Blue Caftan (2022), a Moroccan Arabic-language film, released in most parts of the world in 2023. It's available in the US on The Criterion Channel.
A well-crafted comedy/drama about a master caftan maker, who hand sews intricately embroidered caftans. He runs his business, inherited from his father, with his wife, who seems to be the one running the show. Complications, large and small, arise when they hire a young apprentice to help with the business, while their business and personal lives begin to intertwine.
This is a script which could only be done as a film; there are no extensive monologues, no deep sharing of feelings verbally, but you still know exactly what each of the three are going through during the course of the film.
A somewhat brave film to make, given the subject matter and source country, it has been officially submitted as Morocco's film for the 2023 Best International Feature Film Oscar.
A well-crafted comedy/drama about a master caftan maker, who hand sews intricately embroidered caftans. He runs his business, inherited from his father, with his wife, who seems to be the one running the show. Complications, large and small, arise when they hire a young apprentice to help with the business, while their business and personal lives begin to intertwine.
This is a script which could only be done as a film; there are no extensive monologues, no deep sharing of feelings verbally, but you still know exactly what each of the three are going through during the course of the film.
A somewhat brave film to make, given the subject matter and source country, it has been officially submitted as Morocco's film for the 2023 Best International Feature Film Oscar.