Wanderers of the Desert (1986)

overview : The first of Nacer Khemir's highly-regarded Desert Trilogy that includes The Dove's Lost Necklace and Bab'Aziz - The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul. Khemir creates an exotic world with Wanderers of the Desert when a young teacher arrives to take over a village school isolated in the shimmering desert. Legendary figures materialize out of wells and the desert itself, groups of children hurry through a labyrinth of underground corridors, the teacher is whisked away to a mysterious rendezvous and never returns.

Release Date : Apr 30, 1986

Runtime : 1h 35m

Genre : Drama  

Companies : SATPEC, France Média, LATIF

Countries : Tunisia, France

Keywords : teacher, disappearance, desert