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Crossing the Seventh Gate

20171h 20mMovieDocumentary

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.

DirectorAli Essafi

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Cast · Directed by Ali Essafi

ABAhmed Bouanani
Ahmed Bouanani
himself
NS
Naïma Saoudi
himself
TB
Touda Bouanani
himself
AE
Ali Essafi
himself

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