Les Baliseurs du désert

The first in the highly regarded Desert Trilogy that includes The Dove's Lost Necklace and Bab'Aziz - The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul. 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. Reminiscent of the best Iranian films of the 1970s in its use of color and setting, it also has something of the wit, cruelty and ambiguity of the Arabian Nights. (forgalmazó hivatalos szövege)