TRANCES

A film by Ahmed EL MAANOUNI

1981 / Morocco / 87’ / Color / status : completed

The very popular Moroccan group Nass-El Ghiwane is filmed in performances, meetings, interviews, and collaborations with other musicians.

 

Restored in 2007 by Cineteca di Bologna/L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory, in association with The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project, Ahmed El-Maanouni, and Izza Genini. Restoration funded by Armani, Cartier, Qatar Airways and Qatar Museum Authority.

Press

“Beautifully made. it’s been an obsession of mine since 1981.”

Martin Scorsese