The Blue Caftan

film
Title	Le Bleu du caftan
Participant in	2022 Cannes Film Festival
Main subject	kaftan
Genre	drama film, romance film, comedy film, LGBTQ-related film
Country of origin	France, Morocco, Belgium, Denmark
Original language of film or TV show	Arabic, French
Director	Maryam Touzani
Screenwriter	Maryam Touzani, Nabil Ayouch
Cast member	Lubna Azabal, Saleh Bakri, Ayoub Missioui
Director of photography	Virginie Surdej
Film editor	Nicolas Rumpl
Composer	Kristian Eidnes Andersen
Filming location	Salé
Review score	96%
Nominated for	International Submission to the Academy Awards
CNC film rating (France)	no age restriction
EIRIN film rating	G
ICAA rating	not recommended for children under 12
Kijkwijzer rating	9
Official website	https://strandreleasing.com/films/the-blue-caftan/
Presented in	Gothenburg Film Festival, FESPACO 2023, Hong Kong International Film Festival, FEST International Film Festival, Paris Chéries Chéris Film Festival 2022
IGAC rating	M/12

The Blue Caftan (Arabic: أزرق القفطان, da yi la gbaŋgbali ne France kɔkɔre ka Le Bleu du caftan) a yuoni 2022 a Moroccan Arabic-kɔkɔre ka Maryam Touzani maale, kyɛ ka Touzani sɛge o ka Nabil Ayouch meŋ soŋ^[1]^[2]

A sini piili a Un Certain Regard a yuoni 2022 a Cannes sini tigiri^[3],^[4] a nyɛ a FIPRESCI kyɔɔtaare. A Moroccan Cinema Center (Centre cinématographique marocain) da iri la The Blue Caftan ka o areko a o Morocco a yuoni 2023 a Oscars International Feature sini be poɔ ka o da e Moroccan dɛŋdɛŋ sini ka o poɔ a kyɔɔtaare poɔ.^[5]

Lɛ a deɛne naŋ tutaa

Mina da tona la sitɔɔ a medina a Salé, Morocco poɔ. Halim, o serɛ e la maalem (master artisan) teelɛ seɛrɛ kyɛ naŋ tona a dikpaare seŋ kyɛ kaara ba tonzanna Youssef. A dɔba bayi ŋa boɔrɔ la Halim toma na. A kultaa deme ŋa nɔŋ la taa kyɛ Mina baŋ ne la o sɛre naŋ ba taa kanyiri yi o sɛre naŋ taa kanyiri ne sɛŋseŋ yɛlɛ azuiŋ o kaara la Youssef. Kyɛ, Halim maŋ kaara o la wagere zaa ka ba naŋ wa yɛle sengaŋ yɛlɛ.

Mina da wa beɛrɛ la baaloŋ kaŋa naŋ be o eŋɛ o biiloŋ saga ka o bare toma tommo. Youssef naŋ be a sitɔɔ poɔ o yoŋ, Youssef yele la ka o boɔrɔ la Halim. Mina baaloŋ naŋ gɛrɛ vaare, Halim be la yiri poɔ kyɛ tona ka o na kaara o kyɛ ka Youssef kaara a sitɔɔ. O naŋ teɛrɛ kyaare ne a yiri yɛlɛ ane a sitɔɔ, Mina piili pɔgerɔ la Youssef ka ba taa nommo ko taa.

A ba kɔɔre kyɛ ka o kpi,Mina Mina sage la ko Halim ka boɔrɔ Youssef. A naŋ wa kpi, Halimde o pɔge ne la o naŋ bare a yiri poɔ, ka Youssef ne o na yoŋ de o gaa ne a kuuoni uu zie.

Deɛdeɛnebe

Lubna Azabal naŋ e Mina
Saleh Bakri naŋ e Halim
Ayoub Missioui [wd] naŋ e Youssef

Gbaŋgbale yiibu

A sini da poɔ la Un Certain Regard a 75th Cannes sini tigiri,^[6] a ŋaa la ka piili a 26 May 2022 poɔ.^[7]

A sini da yi la gbaŋgbale a Morocco a 22^[8] February 2023 a Megarama Distribution deme zie.^[9] Ad Vitam Distribution yi la a sini gbaŋgbale ne France kɔkɔre a 22 March 2023 poɔ. O meŋ da yi la gbaŋgbale a Belgium a 29 March 2023^[10] Cinéart. Danish deme zie ka Camera sini deme meŋ a yi ne a sini gbaŋgbale a 7 September 2023 poɔ.^[11]

A o kɔɔrɔɔ a tendaazaa Boutique^[12] deme da kaara a^[13].

Tuuri deebo

Box office

A November 2023, The Blue Caftan da nyɛ la daa ka a ta 500,000 a tendaazaa ka a vɛŋ ka o nyɛ zunuo a pampana Moroccan sini poɔ.^[14]

Yelteɛbo

Ba naŋ ka kaa o a On aggregator saseɛ doŋ poɔ Rotten Tomatoes, ^[15]a sini nyɛ la sage diibu 96% kɔɔ zaa a yi 54 noba naŋ kaa ka a sentaa e 8.3/10^[16]. A saseɛ doŋ da yelteɛ.

Sage deebo

Award	Date of ceremony	Category	Recipient(s)	Result	Ref.
Belgian Film Critics Association	6 January 2024	Grand Prix	The Blue Caftan	Nominated	^[17]
Cannes Film Festival	28 May 2022	FIPRESCI Prize – Un Certain Regard		Won	^[18]
Lumière Awards	22 January 2024	Best International Co-Production		Nominated	^[19]
Magritte Awards	9 March 2024	Best Actress	Lubna Azabal	Won	^[20]
Magritte Awards	9 March 2024	Best Foreign Film in Coproduction	The Blue Caftan	Nominated	^[21]
GLAAD Media Award	14 March 2024	Outstanding Film – Limited Release	The Blue Caftan	Nominated	^[22]

Meŋ la nyɛ

List of submissions to the 95th Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film
List of Moroccan submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

Sommo Yizie

[1] ttps://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_blue_caftan

[2] ttps://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt17679584/

[3] ttps://variety.com/2022/film/news/maryam-touzani-blue-caftan-1235262222/

[4] ttps://variety.com/2022/film/global/maryam-touzani-the-blue-caftan-1235278250/

[5] ttps://www.mapexpress.ma/actualite/culture-et-medias/long-metrage-bleu-du-caftan-maryam-touzani-representera-maroc-preselection-oscars-2023-ccm/

[6] ttps://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/424443/

[7] ttps://www.cineart.be/fr/films/le-bleu-du-caftan

[8] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20240324112105/https://www.h24info.ma/cannes-le-bleu-du-caftan-de-maryam-touzani-projete-le-26-mai/

[9] ttps://fr.le360.ma/culture/le-bleu-du-caftan-film-de-meryam-touzani-en-salles-le-22-fevrier_NBWSEETRLZDTVOYJS65NSRIR7Y/

[10] ttps://www.cnc.fr/cinema/actualites/de-grandes-esperances----le-bleu-du-caftan---eternal-daughter---les-films-de-la-semaine-aides-par-le-cnc_1917296

[11] ttps://www.information.dk/kultur/anmeldelse/2023/09/marokkansk-sansebombe-fortaeller-mest-blikke-haender

[12] ttps://variety.com/2022/film/global/the-blue-caftan-north-american-distribution-1235336923/

[13] ttps://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm-297895/critiques/presse/

[14] ttps://www.broadcastprome.com/news/moroccan-film-the-blue-caftan-surpasses-500k-global-ticket-sales-milestone/

[15] ttps://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_blue_caftan

[16] ttps://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-blue-caftan

[17] ttps://www.cineart.be/fr/news/the-quiet-girl-wint-grote-prijs-ufk-2024

[18] ttps://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2022/05/349375/bleu-du-caftan-1st-moroccan-movie-to-win-fipresci-prize-in-cannes

[19] ttps://cineuropa.org/fr/newsdetail/453708

[20] ttps://www.rtbf.be/article/les-magritte-du-cinema-dalva-remporte-sept-magritte-dont-le-meilleur-film-decouvrez-le-palmares-complet-11340677

[21] ttps://www.rtbf.be/article/nominations-aux-magritte-un-record-pour-le-long-metrage-augure-de-baloji-11327004

[22] ttps://glaad.org/releases/glaad-announces-nominees-for-the-35th-annual-glaad-media-awards/

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