El Chergui
In the mid-1950s, Tangier was still an international concession. But the time of independence and reunification of the country is approaching. On the advice of her entourage, Aïcha uses magical practices to prevent her husband fro...
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"El chergui / The Wind From The East screened at the Tate Modern in London on 12 March 2011. Director Moumen Smihi was in attendance. Cinematically speaking the two main sources of inspiration for El chergui, are Dziga Vertov and Jean Rouch. Vertov's influence can be seen in the editing and in the fragmentary city shots, Jean Rouch through the preoccupation with shared anthropology. El chergui is a film that, like a film of Rouch, is part ethno-documentary, part fiction, and very interested in ritual, it is also a city portrait of Tangiers in the 1950s. As well as historically being a c..."
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In the mid-1950s, Tangier was still an international concession. But the time of independence and reunification of the country is approaching. On the advice of her entourage, Aïcha uses magical practices to prevent her husband fro...