Serge is a long distance lorry driver between Morocco andEurope. In Tangier, he tries to reconcile with his former girlfriend, Sarah. She has refused to have anything to do with him since her mother’s death and intends to join her brother in Canada. Serge appeals to Sarah’s protector, a young Arab named Saïd, to allow him to meet up with Sarah, promising in return to smuggle Saïd into Europe...
Acting
Lubna Azabal's silences speak entire novels.
Cinematography
Tangier's blue streets as emotional labyrinth.
Direction
Téchiné's restraint makes every gesture devastating.
Director
André Téchiné
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Téchiné filmed during Ramadan; the actors' physical hunger mirrors their characters' desperate longing.
The 2001 Ceuta/Melilla border crisis haunts every frame—this is pre-'migration crisis' cinema that predicted it.
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