The impatience of customers wanting faster service and the backlog of orders necessitate hiring an apprentice, Youssef (gifted newcomer Ayoub Messioui), a quiet young man eager to learn everything that Halim teaches him about pattern-making, tailoring and embroidery. In one of the oldest medinas in the northwestern Moroccan city of Salé, Halim (Saleh Bakri, The Band’s Visit) and his wife Mina (Lubna Azabal, so memorable in Adam) run a caftan shop where he hand-sews made-to-measure garments according to vanishing traditions he learned from his late father. Screenwriter: Maryam Touzani, in collaboration with Nabil Ayouch Venue: Cannes Film Festival (Un Certain Regard)Ĭast: Lubna Azabal, Saleh Bakri, Ayoub Messioui
