Uploaded August 2017 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
A young teacher is sent to an isolated village in the Tunisian desert, but instead of devoting himself to teaching, the man chases puzzles and loses himself in space-time fables. Fairy tale writer, illustrator and poet Nacer Khemir was inspired by oral legend of secular Arab Andalusian culture and transformed his debut film into a complex allegory.
A young teacher is sent to an isolated village in the Tunisian desert, but instead of devoting himself to teaching, the man chases puzzles and loses himself in space-time fables. Fairy tale writer, illustrator and poet Nacer Khemir was inspired by oral legend of secular Arab Andalusian culture and transformed his debut film into a complex allegory.
