The Blue Caftan

The Blue Caftan (, released in France as Le Bleu du caftan) is a 2022 Moroccan Arabic-language drama film directed by Maryam Touzani, and written by Touzani with the collaboration of Nabil Ayouch. It depicts a woman and her closeted gay husband, who run a caftan store in the medina of Salé, Morocco, and hire a young man as an apprentice. The film premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. The Moroccan Cinema Center (Centre cinématographique marocain) announced that The Blue Caftan had been chosen to represent Morocco in the 2023 Oscars shortlist in the "International Feature Film" category. Cast Lubna Azabal as Mina Saleh Bakri as Halim as Youssef Release The film was selected to be screened in the Un Certain Regard section of the 75th Cannes Film Festival, where it had its world premiere on 26 May 2022.