Also screening as part of Sci-Fi Day on 4 November at Vue in The Light. For more information and to book a Sci-Fi Day pass, please visit the following link: Sci-Fi Day
"Eerie yet beautiful, thought-provoking, and rich. It’s ambiguous but you feel the enormity of its narrative, especially through Oumaïma Barid’s hypnotic performance. This feature debut from Sofia Alaoui is a stunner." - Kristy Strouse, Film Inquiry
"Subverts the genre in compelling ways." - Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter
Heavily pregnant Itto, a young woman from a modest rural background, is slowly adapting to the Moroccan privileged codes of her husband’s family. But when a mysterious state of emergency is declared nationwide, Itto finds herself alone. Meanwhile, increasingly ominous events and strange weather phenomena suggest a supernatural presence is nearing. Sofia Alaoui’s first feature film is an original and visually hypnotic sci-fi that explores the tension between faith and purpose, eroding myths and challenging class prejudice to expose how we are more connected than we know.
