Salvation Army

L'Armée du Salut

2013·82'

Abdellah Taïa

Drama

French

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Abdellah is a young gay man navigating the sexual, racial and political climate of Morocco. Growing up in a large family in a working-class neighborhood, Abdellah is caught between a distant father, an authoritarian mother, an older brother whom he adores and a handful of predatory older men, in a society that denies his homosexuality.

Cast

Said Mrini Abdellah (young) Karim Ait M'Hand Abdellah (adult) Amine Ennaji Slimane

Frédéric Landenberg Jean Guillaume Bonnier French tourist

Sandra Korol University secretary Felipe Castro Street Man