A small girl follows her elderly grandfather out into the desert of the soul in search of a gathering of dervishes, and what a gathering it is. Armand amar is a french composer, who grew up in morocco. Bab aziz is a feast for the eyes, the ears, and most of all the heart. Le prince qui contemplait son ame often abbreviated to babaziz, is a 2005 film by tunisian writer and director nacer khemir. The story of a blind dervish named babaziz and his spirited granddaughter, ishtar. Babaziz tells the story of an elderly dervish who, accompanied by his young granddaughter, encounters several mysterious strangers as he journeys to a large and joyful sufi gathering in the desert. Levon minassian is a frenchborn player of the duduk, an armenian woodwind instrument. Available formats 35mm, dvd, dcp screenplay nacer khemir. His professional music career began when he was found by peter gabriel to play for the soundtrack of the last temptation of christ, which gabriel composed. Babaziz, le prince qui contemplait son ame youtube. It stars parviz shahinkhou, maryam hamid, hossein panahi, nessim khaloul, mohamed graiaa, maryam mohaid and golshifteh farahani.
He is famed for percussion instruments such as conga as well as indian tabla. With parviz shahinkhou, maryam hamid, golshifteh farahani, mohamed grayaa. The prince who contemplated his soul, often abbreviated to babaziz, is a 2005 film by tunisian writer and director nacer khemir. The prince who contemplated his soul is the story of a blind dervish named babaziz and his spirited granddaughter, ishtar. Movies like babaziz the prince that contemplated his soul if you like babaziz the prince that contemplated his soul you are looking for touching, serious and atmospheric movies about with desert, spirituality, adventure, religions or cults, destiny, self discovery and hopes themes of drama genre shot in tunisia or hungary. Tunisia, hungary, france, germany, iran, switzerland, uk.
Like strange desert creatures, a little girl and her blind grandfather emerge from stormshifted sands, dust themselves off and set out on a journey with no map or timetable in babaziz. There are forbidding desert vistas, a blind, wizened dervish, gnomic utterances, and elaborate digressions into vaguely mystical stories. The story of a blind dervish babaziz and his spirited granddaughter, ishtar, together they wander the desert in search of a great reunion of dervishes that. The prince who contemplated his soul was released in 2005. With faith as their only guide, the two journey for days through the expansive, barren landscape. Khemir, a tunisianborn artist, writer, and filmmaker residing in paris, fashioned this film the full title of which is babaziz the prince who contemplated his soul in an attempt to present to world audiences the mystical sufi side of islam something markedly distinct from the image of fanatic dogmatism often appearing in the popular media.
Nacer khemir, interview with nawara omarbacha, in the press book for bab aziz, le prince qui contemplait son ame, 2005. Babaziz the prince who contemplated his soul the scene. The story of a blind dervish babaziz and his spirited granddaughter, ishtar, together they wander the desert in search of a great reunion of dervishes that takes place just once every thirty years. Directed by emmanuelle bercot france distributed by. Babaziz, le prince qui contemplait son ame film 2005 allocine. The story of a blind dervish babaziz and his spirited granddaughter, ishtar, together they wander the desert in.
Casting golshifteh farahani,nessim kahloul,maryam hamid,parviz shahinkhou. As the tale of the prince unfolds, the two encounter other travelers with. Babaziz the prince who contemplated his soul posted by serena donadoni on wed, jul 2, 2008 at 12. A visual poem of incomparable beauty, this masterpiece from director nacer khemir wanderers of the desert begins with the story of a blind dervish named. Babaziz relays the ancient tale of a prince who relinquished his realm in order to remain next to a small pool in the desert, staring into its depths while contemplating his soul. Babaziz le prince qui contemplait son ame nacer khemir 2005 a visual poem of incomparable beauty, this masterpiece from director nacer khemir wanderers of the desert begins with the story of a blind dervish named babaziz and his spirited granddaughter, ishtar. Total number of members who have this title in their. From babaziz le prince qui contemplait son ame 2005 translated poem. Babaziz, le prince qui contemplait son ame on vimeo. Movies like babaziz the prince that contemplated his soul. O day, arise the atoms are dancing thanks to him the universe is dancing the souls are dancing, overcome with ecstasy ill whisper in your ear where their dance is taking them all the atoms in the air, and in the desert know well they seem insane every single atom, happy or miserable becomes enamored of the sun, by which. But getting there, like life itself, is the transformative part. The film was coproduced by eight countries, including germany, france, switzerland, and iran. To keep ishtar entertained, babaziz relays the ancient tale of a prince who relinquished his realm in order to remain next to a small pool in the desert, staring into its depths while contemplating his soul.
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