Berlin-based Films Boutique has taken world rights to The Blue Caftan, the second film by Maryam Touzani. The company has also announced early deals on the film, due to be delivered later this spring. It has sold to Japan (Longride), Switzerland (Filmcoopi) and Spain (Karma) and will be distributed by Ad Vitam in France.
The Blue Caftan is billed by its producer Nabil Ayouch as “a deeply moving gaze into the stifled homosexuality of a man within his marriage.”
The film follows Halim and Mina who run a traditional caftan store in one of Morocco’s oldest medinas. In order to keep up with demanding customers, they hire a talented young man as an apprentice. Slowly Mina realises how much her husband is moved by his presence.
Touzani’s previous feature Adam premiered in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard and was Morocco’s Oscar candidate. Also handled by Films Boutique, it sold to over 25 countries.
Producing alongside Ayouch is Amine Benjelloun from Ali N’ Productions, Les Films du Nouveau Monde, Velvet Films, and Snowglobe. The countries involved are France, Morocco, Belgium and Denmark.
The cast is led by Lubna Azabal (Incendies, Adam) Saleh Bakri (Costa Brava; Lebanon, The Band’s Visit and Salvo) and also includes newcomer Ayoub Messioui.
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