Caftan d'Amour

Caftan d'Amour
Caftan d'Amour
	Qouftan al houb mounaqat bil hawa
Directed by	Moumen Smihi
Written by	Gavin Lambert, Moumen Smihi, Mohamed M'rabet, Jacques Fieschi
Starring	Natalie Roche, Mohamed Mehdi, Nezha Ragragui, Larbi Doghmi
Cinematography	Jean-Michel Humeau
Edited by	Martine Giordano
Music by	George Riacada
Production; companies	Imago Film International, Ciné Maya Film
Release date	1987;
Running time	75 minutes
Country	Morocco
Language	Moroccan Arabic

Caftan d'Amour (Constellé de passion) (English: Caftan of Love or The Big Mirror) is a 1987 Moroccan film directed by Moumen Smihi.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]

Synopsis

Khalil, a young bachelor who tends to his family's farm on the outskirts of the city, is looking for his soulmate. He sees her in his dream: a young woman of exceptional beauty. He decides to marry her. By chance, the next day, in the alleys of the medina, he meets this girl, Rachida. In addition to her exceptional beauty, she has an exceptional behavior and by marrying her. Rachida, once a dream, quickly becomes a nightmare.^[10]^[11]

Cast

Natalie Roche
Mohamed Mehdi
Nezha Regragui
Larbi Doghmi
Isabelle Weingarten

External links

Caftan d'Amour at IMDb

References

^ ":: CENTRE CINEMATOGRAPHIQUE MAROCAIN ::". www.ccm.ma. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
^ "Films | Africultures : Caftan d'Amour (Constellé de passion)". Africultures (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-18.
^ Ginsberg, Terri; Lippard, Chris (2020). Historical Dictionary of Middle Eastern Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-5381-3905-9.
^ Armes, Roy (2008). Dictionnaire des cinéastes africains de long métrage (in French). KARTHALA Editions. ISBN 978-2-84586-958-5.
^ Leaman, Oliver (2003-12-16). Companion Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African Film. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-66251-7.
^ FESPACO (in French). FESPACO. 1989.
^ Armes, Roy (2008). Dictionary of African Filmmakers. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-35116-6.
^ Carter, Sandra Gayle (2009-08-16). What Moroccan Cinema?: A Historical and Critical Study, 1956D2006. Lexington Books. ISBN 978-0-7391-3187-9.
^ "Caftan of Love (1987)". en.unifrance.org. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
^ Limbrick, Peter (2020-03-10). Arab Modernism as World Cinema: The Films of Moumen Smihi. Univ of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-33057-3.
^ Armes, Roy (2005). Postcolonial Images: Studies in North African Film. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-21744-8.

[1] ":: CENTRE CINEMATOGRAPHIQUE MAROCAIN ::". www.ccm.ma. Retrieved 2021-11-18.

[2] "Films | Africultures : Caftan d'Amour (Constellé de passion)". Africultures (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-18.

[3] Ginsberg, Terri; Lippard, Chris (2020). Historical Dictionary of Middle Eastern Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-5381-3905-9.

[4] Armes, Roy (2008). Dictionnaire des cinéastes africains de long métrage (in French). KARTHALA Editions. ISBN 978-2-84586-958-5.

[5] Leaman, Oliver (2003-12-16). Companion Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African Film. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-66251-7.

[6] FESPACO (in French). FESPACO. 1989.

[7] Armes, Roy (2008). Dictionary of African Filmmakers. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-35116-6.

[8] Carter, Sandra Gayle (2009-08-16). What Moroccan Cinema?: A Historical and Critical Study, 1956D2006. Lexington Books. ISBN 978-0-7391-3187-9.

[9] "Caftan of Love (1987)". en.unifrance.org. Retrieved 2021-11-18.

[10] Limbrick, Peter (2020-03-10). Arab Modernism as World Cinema: The Films of Moumen Smihi. Univ of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-33057-3.

[11] Armes, Roy (2005). Postcolonial Images: Studies in North African Film. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-21744-8.

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