; and “Love According To Dalva,” directed by Emmanuelle Nicot, was chosen by the Fipresci jury as best movie in either Directors’ Fortnight or Critics’ Week.
Well liked by critics,“The Blue Caftan” explores with sensitivity the tragedy of a married man who has stifled his homosexuality whIle taking a bold stand against homophobia in Morocco. “In Morocco, homosexuality is illegal and I don’t have words to describe how it makes me feel. As a human being, that’s something I cannot accept,” Touzani toldThe Fipresci jury said its prize was “for bravenesss. The director was brave enough to devote her gaze to the concealed homosexuality of a married man in Morocco. Through her work, she knows how to show us the world and the sad reality of a nation that she loves over all else.
The Fipresci award to “Love According To Dalva” marks the third kudo in the space of three days for the drama, about a 12-year-old girl growing up in foster care, after it won the Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award for Zelda Samson at Wednesday’s Critics’ Week awards. The film is a “well-crafted narration of a teenage girl’s return to normal life against incest and pedophilia, in a gentle and subtle way,” the Fipresci jury noted.FIPRESCI INTERNATIONAL CRITICS’ PRIZES, CANNES 2022DIRECTORS’ FORTNIGHT/CRITICS’ WEEK
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