also known as Les baliseurs du désert
Wanderers of the Desert1984
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What keeps me going back to international cinema is getting to see a place and time where I would never get to otherwise go. Mid-1980s Tunisia is one of those places in time. The shots of the desert are bleak and beautiful. The fairy tale feel of the movie made it OK to me that several things were left unexplained, but I did feel that there were some gaps that I might have been able to fill had I known more about Arab and/or Tunisian culture.
I look forward to watching the rest of Khemir's "Desert Trilogy."
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What keeps me going back to international cinema is getting to see a place and time where I would never get to otherwise go. Mid-1980s Tunisia is one of those places in time. The shots of the desert are bleak and beautiful. The fairy tale feel of the movie made it OK to me that several things were left unexplained, but I did feel that there were some gaps that I might have been able to fill had I known more about Arab and/or Tunisian culture.
I look forward to watching the rest of Khemir's "Desert Trilogy."
A wonderful tale of people forgotten by time. A microcosm world of the North African society that is consumed by superstition and in total submission to fate.
I watched this film because it had a high rating, and listed under fantasy genre in Fandor search. When the film was over I needed to read a little synopsis on wikipedia to try to understand what I just saw. Well, I still don't fully understand it! ;-) Even so, I enjoyed the scenery, architecture, landscape, costumes, language and music. I especially loved the music during the closing credits, and wish I knew the name of the piece. I needed to watch this in 2 sittings. I'm glad I finished it. I do have a dream to be able to visit Tunisia some day, well, this was an vicarious visit to a rural place in a different time....