Abllah Taïa’s Salvatn Army: most remarkable film about gay childhood

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• THE FIRST GAY ARAB CE-WORLD: A HOMOSEXUAL STAR A MOROCN MOVIE
• GAY MOROCN MOVIE "SALVATN ARMY" WS TOP PRIZE AT FRENCH FILM {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY DAN AVERYJANUARY 28, 2014/11:10 AMBY DAN AVERYJANUARY 28, 2014 / 11:10 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"GAY MOROCN MOVIE \"SALVATN ARMY\" WS TOP PRIZE AT FRENCH FILM FTIVAL","DATEPUBLISHED":"2014-01-28T16:10:20.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2014-01-28T16:10:20.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SALVATN ARMY (L’ARMéE DU SALUT), A GAY DRAMA OM MOROCN DIRECTOR ABLLAH TAïA, WON TOP HONORS AT FRANCE'S PREMIERS PLANS ANGERS FTIVAL, WHICH IS VOTED TO FIRST FILMS OM EMERGG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BASED ON TAïA'S TOBGRAPHIL NOVEL OF THE SAME NAME, THE FILM CHRONICL THE LIFE OF A YOUNG GAY MAN (ALSO NAMED ABLLAH), OM CLANSTE HOOKUPS WH OLR MEN 1980S CASABLAN TO HIS ADULT LIFE GENEVA. THOUGH HE HAS A BOYIEND, THE ADULT ABLLAH (PLAYED BY TAïA HIMSELF) CHAF UNR THE WEIGHT OF HIS EXILE AND ONLY FDS SOLACE A LOL SALVATN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}[PTN ID="" ALIGN="ALIGNNONE" WIDTH="527"] ABLLAH TAïA ACCEPTG FIRST PRIZE AT THE PREMIERE PLANS ANGERS FTIVAL[/PTN]{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE JURY AT ANGERS PRAISED TAïA TALENT AND ATTENTN TO TAIL. "I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE HOW THE DIENCE LIKED MY MOVIE AND WAS NO HURRY TO LEAVE THE ROOM," SAID THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HIS NOVEL ED QUE A STIR MOROC WHEN WAS FIRST RELEASED, EVEN THOUGH TAïA HASN'T LIVED THERE SCE THE 1990S. HE HOP THE FILM IS RELEASED HIS HOMELAND: "BEFORE SHOOTG, I SUBMTED THE SCREENPLAY S ORIGAL FORM TO THE THORI AT THE NATNAL CENTRE FOR MOROCN CEMA. I DIDN'T CUT ANYTHG. I DIDN'T WANT TO SUGARAT THGS ORR TO GET THE GREEN LIGHT TO SHOOT. THEY APPROVED THE SCREENPLAY, AND I HOPE THEY END UP FOLLOWG THROUGH BY ALLOWG THE FILM TO BE RELEASED," TAïA TOLD THE ATLANTIC SEPTEMBER. "I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL BE SHOCKED WHEN THEY SEE THE FILM. BUT I DON’T SEE ANYTHG SHOCKG , BEE PORTRAYS A REALY. I’M NOT THE ONLY PERSON TO HAVE LIVED THIS REALY, NOR AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO SE ."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHECK OUT A SNIPPET {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

THE FIRST GAY ARAB CE-WORLD: A HOMOSEXUAL STAR A MOROCN MOVIE

EdSummariIn a workg class neighborhood Casablan, Abllah, a homosexual teen, tri to build his own life wh his big fay, ught between an thorarian mother and an olr brother, who he ador. Abllah is a young gay man navigatg the sexual, racial and polil climate of Moroc.

Growg up a large fay a workg-class neighborhood, Abllah is ught between a distant father, an thorarian mother, an olr brother whom he ador and a handful of predatory olr men, a society that ni his homosexualy. Taïa is the first wrer of his scent to speak out openly about his homosexualy.

GAY MOROCN MOVIE "SALVATN ARMY" WS TOP PRIZE AT FRENCH FILM {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY DAN AVERYJANUARY 28, 2014/11:10 AMBY DAN AVERYJANUARY 28, 2014 / 11:10 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"GAY MOROCN MOVIE \"SALVATN ARMY\" WS TOP PRIZE AT FRENCH FILM FTIVAL","DATEPUBLISHED":"2014-01-28T16:10:20.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2014-01-28T16:10:20.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SALVATN ARMY (L’ARMéE DU SALUT), A GAY DRAMA OM MOROCN DIRECTOR ABLLAH TAïA, WON TOP HONORS AT FRANCE'S PREMIERS PLANS ANGERS FTIVAL, WHICH IS VOTED TO FIRST FILMS OM EMERGG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BASED ON TAïA'S TOBGRAPHIL NOVEL OF THE SAME NAME, THE FILM CHRONICL THE LIFE OF A YOUNG GAY MAN (ALSO NAMED ABLLAH), OM CLANSTE HOOKUPS WH OLR MEN 1980S CASABLAN TO HIS ADULT LIFE GENEVA. THOUGH HE HAS A BOYIEND, THE ADULT ABLLAH (PLAYED BY TAïA HIMSELF) CHAF UNR THE WEIGHT OF HIS EXILE AND ONLY FDS SOLACE A LOL SALVATN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}[PTN ID="" ALIGN="ALIGNNONE" WIDTH="527"] ABLLAH TAïA ACCEPTG FIRST PRIZE AT THE PREMIERE PLANS ANGERS FTIVAL[/PTN]{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE JURY AT ANGERS PRAISED TAïA TALENT AND ATTENTN TO TAIL. "I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE HOW THE DIENCE LIKED MY MOVIE AND WAS NO HURRY TO LEAVE THE ROOM," SAID THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HIS NOVEL ED QUE A STIR MOROC WHEN WAS FIRST RELEASED, EVEN THOUGH TAïA HASN'T LIVED THERE SCE THE 1990S. HE HOP THE FILM IS RELEASED HIS HOMELAND: "BEFORE SHOOTG, I SUBMTED THE SCREENPLAY S ORIGAL FORM TO THE THORI AT THE NATNAL CENTRE FOR MOROCN CEMA. I DIDN'T CUT ANYTHG. I DIDN'T WANT TO SUGARAT THGS ORR TO GET THE GREEN LIGHT TO SHOOT. THEY APPROVED THE SCREENPLAY, AND I HOPE THEY END UP FOLLOWG THROUGH BY ALLOWG THE FILM TO BE RELEASED," TAïA TOLD THE ATLANTIC SEPTEMBER. "I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL BE SHOCKED WHEN THEY SEE THE FILM. BUT I DON’T SEE ANYTHG SHOCKG , BEE PORTRAYS A REALY. I’M NOT THE ONLY PERSON TO HAVE LIVED THIS REALY, NOR AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO SE ."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHECK OUT A SNIPPET {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Cast & crewUser reviewsIn a workg class neighborhood Casablan, Abllah, a homosexual teen, tri to build his own life wh his big fay, ught between an thorarian mother and an olr brother, wh... Read allIn a workg class neighborhood Casablan, Abllah, a homosexual teen, tri to build his own life wh his big fay, ught between an thorarian mother and an olr brother, who he a workg class neighborhood Casablan, Abllah, a homosexual teen, tri to build his own life wh his big fay, ught between an thorarian mother and an olr brother, who he productn, box office & pany Vios2More like this6.

If you are lookg for a "proper" gay movie, this is fely not one. I wouldn't even say that "gay" is the ma theme of the movie - "nfn" might be a more suable one. Bottom le: only watch this movie if you want to spend an hour or two to get to know the story of a person, who jt happens to be gay.

Origal Tle: L'Armée du Salut PROMOTED Watch Now SynopsisAbllah is a young gay man navigatg the sexual, racial and polil climate of Moroc. This is a gay-themed movi for grown ups.

How many gay film crics are there Ameri who fend their turf? An even better qutn: How many film crics are sympathetic to gay experience when is not sanctned by the Hollywood mastream power stcture (a la Brokeback Mounta)? The qutns arise after enjoyg two superb yet unherald films that explore gay experience: Abllah Taia's Salvatn Army and Julian Hernanz's Nub Flotant.

Neher movie has received cril praise equal to the rote whe heterosexual celebratn Boyhood, yet each movie is a rich exprsn of gay boyhood. In Salvatn Army, Taia explor the emotnal plexy that wh achievg gay awarens.

Abllah (young Said Mri, then adult Karim A M'Hand) endur the tac homophobia of fundamentalist culture--as an nocently yearng youth, a siro teen, and then as a young adult llege stunt who emigrat to Swzerland where his emotns and longg for home be plexly.

This is the most remarkable film about a gay child sce Terence Davi' The Long Day Nub Flotant, Mexin tr Julian Hernanz visualiz and dramatiz the experience of homophobia--the guilt felt by straights and the fear felt by gays. They are te to the feelgs that gay folks rarely see exprsed media and do so wh credibily and eloquence.

His cematographer Alejandro Cantu new, docu-style visuals and Hernanz featur a Mexin pop tune, "Amor" by Enrique "Coqui" Navarro, that nfirms gay passn as part of the popular world. This Morocn-Islamic alternative to Boyhood emphasiz the sense of difference that wh gay inty. Abllah is attracted to the masculy of his olr brother and is exploed by the secret sexual prerogativ of Islamic men who ny their gay impuls yet force him to act on his own hidn stcts.

Abllah is both rebel and victim (agreeable to fellat and subjugatn), and this ambiguy mak the film, a prize-wng thor whose tobgraphy has spired several books, visualiz his feelgs about gay inty wh naturalns and eloquence. This 13-mute film visualiz the plexy of homophobia (Taia's hidn subject).