Tues 26th Feb 6:30pm - Ciné lumière
UK Premiere. Introduction by leading actress Sanaa Mouziane.

Morocco 2007. With Sanaa Mouziane, Mohammed Khouyyi, Mohammed Majd. 96 min. 15

Samira, a young modern woman, is forced to confront her new (and much older) husband after discovering that he is sexually impotent. She tries to remedy the situation but is drawn to her husband's nephew, the shy Farouk. Shot against the picturesque Moroccan landscape, Samira's Garden is remarkable in the way it deftly breaks an important taboo within Arab cultures.

Winner, FIPRESCI Prize & Best Screenplay, Montreal Film Festival 2007