Salvation Army

Director: Abdellah Taia Abdellah Taia

Overview

A young man struggles with his homosexuality in Morocco before finding new hope as a college student in Geneva. Meanwhile, despite his previous hardships, he longs to return to his homeland.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/31/2015
UPC:	0712267341924
Original Release:	2013
Rating:	NR
Source:	Strand Home Video
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:21:00

Special Features

Original theatrical trailer; Other Strand Releasing trailers

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Saïd Mrini	Abdellah jeune
Karim Aït M'Hand	Abdellah adulte
Amine Ennaji	Slimane
Frédéric Landenberg	Jean,Actor
Hamza Slaoui	Mustapha

Technical Credits

Abdellah Taia

Abdellah Taia	Director,Screenwriter
Hugues Charbonneau	Producer
Philippe Martin	Producer
Marie-Ange Luciani	Producer
Nabil Ayouch	Executive Producer
Morocco Frantz Richard	Executive Producer
Christophe Vingtrinier	Sound/Sound Designer
Henri Maikoff	Sound Mixer
Fanny Martin	Sound/Sound Designer,Sound Editor

Editorial Reviews

Here in the United States, it's easy to become jaded about the coming out narrative. It can feel like a story we've read one time too many, one that has somehow become commodified, fraught with predictability. But every once in a while a novel comes along that shatters our jaded state and renews our faith in the queer coming of age genre. Abdellah Taïa's Salvation Army is one such book.—Lambda Report—

In a simple and straightforward language, the author leads the reader through a journey of uncertainty and self-discovery, beyond the nuanced resonance of words and emotions. Writing, which he discovers at an early age, involves for him a courageous and unprecedented act of exposing his country's taboos and prohibitions.

—Tingus Magazine—

Just when you thought you'd read every coming out story imaginable, a book as fresh and original as this one enlivens the genre.

—Frontiers in LA—

The novel is richly layered yet impressively lean, and as easily enjoyed by the pool as at a university library.

—Glen Helfand, Bay Area Reporter—

This straightforward story about self-discovery is a reminder that coming-of-age tales still need to be told.

—Richard Labonte—

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