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A Door to the Sky

A Door to the Sky

Farida Benlyazid

1989

  • Drama
7.8

In this Sufi tale, Nadia, a young Moroccan emigre returns from Paris to Fez to visit her dying father. At his funeral, she is overcome by the voice of mystic Kirana chanting the Koran. A powerful friendship develops between the two women as they decide to turn the father's palace into a shelter for Muslim women.

Cast & crew

  • Farida BenlyazidDirector
  • Zakia TahiriNadia
  • Chaaibia El AdraouiKirana
  • Eva Saint-PaulLeila
  • Fatima Loukili
  • Abderrahim Bayga
  • Ahmed Bouanani
  • Bachir Skiredj

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