{"id":458052,"date":"2022-06-05T15:31:28","date_gmt":"2022-06-05T12:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/watch-the-blue-caftan-review-a-closeted-tailor-confronts-his-feelings\/"},"modified":"2022-06-05T15:31:28","modified_gmt":"2022-06-05T12:31:28","slug":"watch-the-blue-caftan-review-a-closeted-tailor-confronts-his-feelings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-the-blue-caftan-review-a-closeted-tailor-confronts-his-feelings\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch &#8216;The Blue Caftan&#8217; Review: A Closeted Tailor Confronts His Feelings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3d8abe98233\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3d8abe98233\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-the-blue-caftan-review-a-closeted-tailor-confronts-his-feelings\/#%E2%80%9CWatch_Online_%E2%80%98The_Blue_Caftan_Review_A_Closeted_Tailor_Confronts_His_Feelings%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Watch Online &#8216;The Blue Caftan&#8217; Review: A Closeted Tailor Confronts His Feelings&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-the-blue-caftan-review-a-closeted-tailor-confronts-his-feelings\/#%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98The_Blue_Caftan_Review_A_Closeted_Tailor_Confronts_His_Feelings%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;&#8216;The Blue Caftan&#8217; Review: A Closeted Tailor Confronts His Feelings&#8221;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-the-blue-caftan-review-a-closeted-tailor-confronts-his-feelings\/#optional_screen_reader\" >optional screen reader<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-the-blue-caftan-review-a-closeted-tailor-confronts-his-feelings\/#Read_More_About\" >Read More About:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWatch_Online_%E2%80%98The_Blue_Caftan_Review_A_Closeted_Tailor_Confronts_His_Feelings%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Watch Online &#8216;The Blue Caftan&#8217; Review: A Closeted Tailor Confronts His Feelings&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98The_Blue_Caftan_Review_A_Closeted_Tailor_Confronts_His_Feelings%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;&#8216;The Blue Caftan&#8217; Review: A Closeted Tailor Confronts His Feelings&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div>\n                        It\u2019s no secret that Morocco is one of the most homophobic places on earth, punishing certain acts with prison sentences of up to three years. The secret, as far as Maryam Touzani\u2019s \u201cThe Blue Caftan\u201d is concerned, is that its main character is homosexual. The man, Halim (Salem Bakri), is devoted to both his religion and his wife, Mina (\u201cIncendies\u201d star Lubna Azabal). Together they own an old-fashioned garment shop in the town\u2019s medina, where such stories almost certainly exist. Still, it takes equal measures of audacity and sensitivity to portray them on screen, especially from a woman\u2019s point of view.<\/p>\n<p>Halim works as a maalem, or master tailor, struggling to keep the trade alive. These days, machines accomplish the work that artisans like Halim once did by hand, and apprentices are hard to find. Much of the film is dedicated to this disappearing craft: Touzani (\u201cAdam\u201d) admires the care with which Halim sews the embroidery to the hem of a caftan, featuring shots of characters preparing the thread, testing the fabrics and so on. These sensual details evoke the sensation of touch, taking the place of the more explicit scenes found in so many LGBT-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">theme<\/a>d art-house <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movies<\/a>. While \u201cThe Blue Caftan\u201d is hardly chaste, it\u2019s tastefully restrained \u2014 too much so at times, to the extent that the slow and understated movie overstays its welcome by almost half an hour.<\/p>\n<p>Audiences are meant to identify with Halim, who has been forced to repress his true identity all these years. But the film\u2019s most empathetic character is arguably the wife, whom Azabal imbues with more layers than the screenplay suggests. Thus, we think of her feelings even in scenes when Mina remains off-screen \u2014 as when Halim slinks away to the local hammam, where he\u2019s found a discreet way to have anonymous sex with other men. There\u2019s little satisfaction in these trysts, which take place behind closed doors (we see two pairs of feet positioning themselves below the wall of a private stall, and our imaginations fill in the rest). But Halim silently hopes for more when a fair-featured young man named Youssef (Ayoub Missioui) expresses an interest in learning the trade.<\/p>\n<p>Mina picks up on the threat almost im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely, catching her husband staring discreetly \u2014 but not nearly discreetly enough \u2014 at Youssef\u2019s bare torso as the apprentice changes clothes across the workshop. How much does she understand about Halim\u2019s true nature? That question floats beneath the surface of the movie, unanswered till nearly the end, when Halim has an important conversation with his dying wife. The man seldom opens his mouth, though his eyes speak for him.<\/p>\n<p>Audiences don\u2019t realize it immediately, but Mina has been waging a quiet war against breast cancer. \u201cThe Blue Caftan\u201d is set at a turning point in their marriage. Mina has stopped fighting the disease, but she has not stopped loving her husband. Moments of shared laughter and affection between them make clear that the feeling is mutual, even if their bed has gone cold. The movie represents a turning point in their marriage, where anything could happen: Halim could be found out, and the couple shamed. Mina could fire Youssef and spoil this rare chance at her husband\u2019s happiness. Or there could be a kind of tender understanding between them, whereby the chapter husband and wife shared comes to a close, and Mina gives her blessing before dying.<\/p>\n<p>There is also the matter of the eponymous caftan, which a client has commissioned from Halim for a special occasion. An ankle-length tunic made of petroleum blue silk, embellished with ornate gold trim, it appears to be the most beautiful garment Halim has ever made. But this time, he isn\u2019t working alone. Touzani showcases practically every step of its creation, using the process as a kind of slow-motion seduction between Halim and Youssef. The master guides his student\u2019s hands as they cut the fabric, and demonstrates the hand-stitched technique used to accent the hem.<\/p>\n<p>The woman who ordered the caftan stops by every few days to check on its progress, but Mina doesn\u2019t like her attitude and asks her husband not to give such fine work to someone so callous. The job takes weeks and would earn them a fine sum, but Touzani has introduced the caftan as a symbol, and its touching to see how the film uses it in the end. Just because Mina accepts her husband\u2019s homosexuality doesn\u2019t mean society will, of course, and there\u2019s a kind of wishful thinking to the movie\u2019s politics. Consider the paradox of the maalem\u2019s trade: As Morocco modernizes, Halim\u2019s field seems increasingly outdated. But so long as the country remains conservative on aspects of homosexuality, he cannot love whom he wants. \u201cThe Blue Caftan\u201d dares to imagine a world where there\u2019s room for both.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-tags \/\/ a-children-icon-bullet lrv-u-font-family-primary u-letter-spacing-012 lrv-u-line-height-large lrv-u-color-brand-primary\">\n<h2 id=\"optional-screen-reader\" class=\"lrv-a-screen-reader-only\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"optional_screen_reader\"><\/span>\n        optional screen reader  <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<nav class=\"o-nav  o-nav lrv-u-border-b-1 u-border-color-brand-secondary-40 lrv-u-border-t-1 lrv-u-text-align-center lrv-u-padding-b-025 u-padding-t-050@desktop u-padding-t-050@tablet u-padding-t-050@mobile-max lrv-u-margin-t-2 lrv-u-margin-b-2\" data-dropdown=\"\">\n<h4 id=\"\" class=\"o-nav__title lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-font-family-secondary o-nav__title a-content-ignore u-line-height-140 u-letter-spacing-0002\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Read_More_About\"><\/span>Read More About:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/nav>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\">\n  !function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    if (f.fbq) return;\n    n = f.fbq = function() {\n      n.callMethod ?\n          n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n    };\n    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n    n.push = n;\n    n.loaded = !0;\n    n.version = '2.0';\n    n.queue = [];\n    t = b.createElement(e);\n    t.async = !0;\n    t.src = v;\n    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n  }(window, document, 'script',\n      'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '586935388485447');\n  fbq('init', '315552255725686');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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