Movie Details
Theatrical Release:January 18th, 1985
Movie Budget:$200,000
Original Language:Arabic
Production Companies:Ohra-Sogeav, Interfilms
Trances on the Web:Official Website
Movie Tags:
morocco
Trances (1985)
Movie"Here at last comes the time of ecstasy, of trances."
Audience Score
A portrait of the groundbreaking Moroccan band Nass El Ghiwane, documenting a series of electrifying live performances in Tunisia, Morocco, and France; on the streets of Casablanca; and in intimate conversations. Storytellers through song and traditional instruments, and with connections to political theatre, the band became a local phenomenon and an international sensation, thanks to their rebellious lyrics and sublime, fully acoustic sound, which draws on Berber rhythms, Malhun sung poetry, and Gnawa dances.
