Khait Errouh (Threads)
Posted by | Conversations at the Edge | Posted on | September 30, 2004
Thursday, September 30, 2004, 8pm
Hakim Belabbes & Dan Smith in person!
“Beautifully shot in vibrant colors, the film shifts between characters, story lines, and perspectives with the prismatic grace of a kaleidoscope.” — Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
In this highly personal first feature by Moroccan-born, Chicago-based Hakim Belabbes, a dying man, accompanied by his Americanized daughter, returns after many years to his native village. Mixing documentary and surrealist styles, Belabbes weaves the impressionistic threads of different lives into a rich fabric of village life that illuminates themes of exile, parenting, and rite of passage. In French and Arabic with English subtitles. Director Hakim Belabbes and co-producer Don Smith will be present for audience discussion (Marty Rubin). With Azzedine Bouayad, Laura Marks. 2003, Hakim Belabbes, Morocco, 92 min, 35mm.
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