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In conversation: ‘The Blue Caftan’, ‘Under The Fig Trees’ directors talk tradition vs modernity and Oscar campaigns 5x5d5a

By Elena Lazic2022-12-08T11:10:00 61163o

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Source: Carlyle Routh / Elise Oritou Campion

The directors of The Blue Caftan and Under The Fig Trees — Morocco and Tunisia’s entries to this year’s Oscars — discuss how the collision of tradition and modernity in their work reflects a region in transition.

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