Wanderers of the Desert (1986)
الهائمون
A young teacher arrives to take over a village school isolated in the shimmering desert. Legendary figures materialize out of wells and the desert itself, groups of children hurry through a labyrinth of underground corridors, and the teacher is whisked away to a mysterious rendezvous and never returns.
- Date of release
- 1986-04-30
- TMDB
- 6.2 / 10 (17)
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Nacer Khemir
Casting
- Nacer Khemir — Abdulsalam (Teacher)
- Soufiane Makni — Hussayn
- Jamila Ourabi — The grandmother
- Hedi Daoud — The sheikh
- Abdel Azim Abdel Haqq — Al-Hajj
- Hassen Khalsi — Police officer
- Noureddine Kasbaoui — Report writer
- Sonia Ichti — The girl
- Mohsen Zaazaa — The mute/ Hassan
Interesting facts
El Haimoune is a 1984 film by Tunisian writer and director Nacer Khemir. It is the first part of Khemir's "Desert Trilogy" that also includes "The Dove's lost necklace" and Bab'Aziz. It stars Nacer Khemir, Soufiane Makni, Noureddine Kasbaoui, Hedi Daoud, and Sonia Ichti. It was filmed in Tunisia.
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