The Great Journey
Reda, summoned to accompany his father on a pilgrimage to Mecca, complies reluctantly - as he preparing for his baccalaureat and, even more important, has a secret love relationship. The trip across Europe in a broken-down car is also the departure of his father: upon arrival in Mecca, both Reda and his father are not the characters they were at the start of the movie. Avoiding the hackneyed theme of the return to the homeland, the film uses the departure to renew a connection between two generation.
Details
Release Date: 11/9/2004
Runtime: 108 minutes
Languages: Arabic, French, English, Turkish
Director: Ismaël Ferroukhi
00Production
Companies: Ognon Pictures, Casablanca Films Productions, Soread-2M, ARTE France Cinéma, Les Films du Passage
Countries: France, Morocco
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pancine
A voyage without energy. I see many Film Movement releases and this is among the weakest I've seen. Listless. It failed at everything it tried, whether road,father/son or spiritual journey. The huge throngs at Mecca at the end were impressive but otherwise I can't recommend.
