Wanderers of the Desert

A young teacher arrives to take over a village school isolated in the shimmering desert. Legendary figures materialize out of wells and the desert itself, groups of children hurry through a labyrinth of underground corridors, and the teacher is whisked away to a mysterious rendezvous and never returns.

Cast

Nacer Khemir

as Abdulsalam (Teacher)

Soufiane Makni

as Hussayn

Noureddine Kasbaoui

Sonia Ichti

Hedi Daoud

as (Shaik)

Hassen Khalsi

Jamila Ourabi

Abdel Azim Abdel Haqq

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