AIFF Next Monthly Film @ Robbins Library

Al-Halqa – In The Story
Teller’s Circle

Thomas Ladenburger,
Director | Germany

August 15, 7:00 p.m.

Community
Room—Lower Level

AL HALQA – IN THE STORY TELLER’S CIRCLE (90
min)

Thomas Ladenburger |
Germany/Morocco | 2010 |

On Djemaa el Fna Suare in the Moroccan city of
Marrakech, Abderahim El Magori tells stories that he has been collecting in his
mind and heart since he was a child. Now that he is growing older, he is
teaching his son, Zoheir the tricks of a dying trade. In the Halqu, the
storyteller’s circle, the boy practices his skills and his father provide blunt
criticism. Once Zoheir is ready for it, he and his father travel to Fez, the
intellectural capital of Morocco, for the ultimate test on the lrge city
square. The camera follows the pair on their journey which is interspersed with
stories about ghosts, kings, shoemakers and animals. However, Zoheir has to
find his own style for a new generation of listeners who do not only want to
hear

about days long past but also get information
about things like AIDS.

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