Bāb al-Samāʼ Maftūḥ /

باب السماء مفتوح ! [ڤدرردنگ] / ! حسن دلدول يتقدم ؛ شريط لفريدة بن اليازيد ؛ انتاج مشتارك فرنسيتونسيمغربي، فرانسميديا باريس، ساتباك تونس، انتارفيلم الدار البيضاء ؛ سيناريوا، فريدة بن اليازيد ؛ خراج، فريدة بن اليازيد.

Nadia, a young Moroccan emigre, struggles between her Sufi heritage and her adopted French culture when she returns from Paris to Fez to visit her dying father. At his funeral, she is overcome by the voice of Karina chanting the Koran. A powerful friendship develops between the two women as they dec...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	France Media (Firm), S.A.T.P.E.C. (Firm), Interfilm Morocco, Arab Film Distribution
Other Authors:	Daldoul, Hassen, Ibn al-Yāzīd, Farīdah, Ṭāhirī, Zakīyah, St. Paul, Eva, ʻAdrāwī, Shuʻaybīyah, Tlatli, Moufida, 1947-
Format:	Video VHS
Language:	Arabic French
Language Notes:	In Arabic and French with English subtitles.
Subjects:	Women > Feature > Video. Women > Morocco > Drama. Female friendship > Morocco > Drama. Parents > Death > Drama. Religious films. Foreign films. Motion pictures, Arab. Motion pictures, French. Feature films.

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Summary:	Nadia, a young Moroccan emigre, struggles between her Sufi heritage and her adopted French culture when she returns from Paris to Fez to visit her dying father. At his funeral, she is overcome by the voice of Karina chanting the Koran. A powerful friendship develops between the two women as they decide to turn Nadia's father's palace into a shelter for Muslim women--Container.
Item Description:	Originally released as a motion picture in 1989. A foreign film (Morocco). Letterbox format. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videocassette (107 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Format:	VHS.
Production Credits:	"[Coproduced with] Ministere Français des Relations Exté́rieures, Paris, Ministere Franç̧ais de la Culture, Paris, Centre cinématographique marocain, Rabat."