In the mind of Maryam Touzani Inspiring works, ideas and places A movie ? A special day, Ettore ScolaA book ? The Stranger, Albert CamusA painting – An artist ? CaravaggioAn instrument ? The violin (ill. : Hakim Alakel)A song ? Losing my religion, R.E.MA dish ? Spaghetti alla vongoleA place ? Tangier Interview with …
Dans l’esprit de Maryam Touzani Des oeuvres, des idées et des lieux qui l’inspirent Un film ? Une journée particulière, Ettore ScolaUn livre ? L’Étranger, Albert CamusUn tableau – Un artiste ? Caravage Un instrument ? Le violon (ill. : Hakim Alakel)Une chanson ? Losing my religion, R.E.MUn plat ? Des spaghettis alla vongoleUn lieu …
Before its movie adaptation, Incendies was first a play written in 2003 by Quebec playwright and director Wajdi Mouawad, born in Lebanon in 1968. Director of the Théâtre national de la Colline in Paris since 2016, Incendies is the second play in his tetralogy entitled Le Sang des promesses. After attending a performance of this …
Avant son adaptation cinématographique, Incendies est d’abord une pièce de théâtre écrite en 2003 par le dramaturge et metteur en scène québécois Wajdi Mouawad, né au Liban en 1968. Directeur du Théâtre national de la Colline à Paris depuis 2016, Incendies est la deuxième pièce de sa tétralogie intitulée Le Sang des promesses. Après avoir …
SYNOPSIS OF THE MOVIE THE TASTE OF CHERRY On the afternoon of a holiday, Mr Badi, a man in his fifties, gets out with his Range Rover and drives through the suburbs of Tehran, located on the mountainous heights of the city. The man is desperately looking for someone who would be willing to perform …
SYNOPSIS DU FILM LE GOÛT DE LA CERISE L’après-midi d’un jour férié, Monsieur Badi, un homme âgé d’une cinquantaine d’années, sort à bord de sa Range Rover et parcourt la banlieue de Téhéran, située sur les hauteurs montagneuses de la ville. L’homme est désespérément à la recherche d’une personne qui accepterait d’effectuer pour lui une …
SYNOPSIS OF THE MOVIE CARAMEL Layale, a Lebanese Christian, runs the beauty salon « Si Belles« , located in a working-class district of Beirut, where five women work side by side. Through painful depilations, nail polish application and brushing, these women converse, joke and confide in each other : Layale lives an extramarital love story with Rabih, …
SYNOPSIS DU FILM CARAMEL Layale, libanaise chrétienne de confession, tient le salon de beauté « Si Belles », situé dans un quartier populaire de Beyrouth et dans lequel se côtoient cinq femmes. Au gré des épilations douloureuses, des poses de vernis et des brushings, ces femmes conversent, plaisantent et se confient : Layale; vit une histoire d’amour extraconjugale …
In December 1969, the fashion magazine Vogue publishes a wonderful series of photographs taken by Henry Clarke, the famous American fashion photographer. In this series, he photographs fashion under the Iranian sun, in majestic settings full of history. The models and actresses Marisa Berenson, Lauren Hutton and Cynthia Korman are the big stars posing in ancient …
The omnipresence of flashy colours, kitsch prints and cans lined up in Hassan Hajjaj’s photos earned him the following nickname of « the master of Moroccan pop art ». Settled in London since the seventies, the artist is influenced both by his North African heritage and the underground culture of the English capital. His artistic universe builds …
