Nacer khemir is in Rabat to introduce his films namely Bab ‘Aziz ; a
remarkably film about a prince who contemplated his soul .The idea was found by
the Nacer himself when he visited Iran sometime ago.He went to downtown for
shopping and he found a beautiful artistic plate painted in it that prince who
contemplated his soul.Then, the concept becomes bigger and bigger to his mind
finally he makes his movie out of it called ‘ Bab Aziz’ When i met up with
Nacer in Rabat,He accepted to talk to me about it especially his character
Hishtar ,the little girl accompaning the old man in his journey to find the
face of Allah. she represented the soul of Arab thinking to find the truth via
sufism , chanting and travel.
What amazes me in Nacer’s movies is
his insertion of both culture of life and death .Filming Sahara is also
something he loves and admires .We might say that Nacer is considered one
of the most important comtemporary visual writers in the Arab world
.
"The desert… evokes the Arabic language, which
bears the memory of its origins. In every Arabic word, there is a bit of
flowing sand. It is also one of the main sources of Arabic love poetry. In all
three of my movies… the desert is a character in itself."
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