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Aug 19, 2014 · The intersecting destinies of three people — a Moroccan-Iraqi writer searching for his brother, the lover whom he left behind, and a young orphan on the run ...
- 2 min
- 30.9K
- TIFF Originals
The Narrow Frame of Midnight charts the journeys of several characters as they struggle to find their place in the world; in search of the living and of the dead, of others and of themselves. The paths of these characters intersect at different points in the film and though their destinies eventually diverge, they are connected in profound ways.
Dec 10, 2014 · Film Review: ‘The Narrow Frame of Midnight’. Tala Hadid’s impressively backed feature debut reaches remarkable heights of pretension as it vainly strives for poetics. By Jay Weissberg.
Lucid, insightful and unsettling, ‘The Narrow Frame of Midnight’ exhibits great wisdom in its reflection on responsibility and restitution. In a social order come undone, blind cruelty is mitigated by acts of mercy and selflessness, yet the possibility of redemption remains uncertain.
A young orphan, Aicha, is found alone in the forests of central Morocco. She has a personal history that reveals a courageous attempt at self-determination. Taken and sold from her home in the hills of the Atlas mountains, Aicha finds herself at the mercy of Abbas, a petty criminal, and his conflicted girlfriend, Nadia.
The intersecting destinies of three people — a Moroccan-Iraqi writer searching for his brother, the lover whom he left behind, and a young orphan on the run — create an incisive...
A state of 'non belonging' quasi synonymous with 'no man's land' is created when these two vulnerable souls are joined by a resolutely stubborn writer who has left everything behind in order to embark on a mission to search for his missing brother.
