Movie

Crossing the Seventh Gate

2017 1h 20m Released

Documentary

Ali Essafi visited Bouanani three years before the latter’s death. The filmmaker, poet and novelist who also made drawings was leading a reclusive life in a remote village with his wife Naïma and many cats, living in the midst of huge piles of books and manuscripts.

Cast

Ahmed Bouanani himself N Naïma Saoudi himself T Touda Bouanani himself A Ali Essafi himself