• Director(s)

    Farida Benlyazid

  • Production Year

    2024

  • Release date

    11/10/2024

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    107m

  • Cast

    Abderrahim Bayga, Ahmed Bouanani, Chaaibia El Adraoui

Film

A Door to the Sky

domestic abuse

Having left Paris for her family home in Fez to see her dying father, a young woman embarks on a spiritual journey. This thoughtful Moroccan drama, from 1989, explores themes of identity, faith and tradition.…

Having left Paris for her family home in Fez to see her dying father, a young woman embarks on a spiritual journey. This thoughtful Moroccan drama, from 1989, explores themes of identity, faith and tradition.

Content Advice(May contain spoilers)

violence

language

sex

discrimination

nudity

theme

threat and horror

drugs

  • Director(s)

    Farida Benlyazid

  • Production Year

    2024

  • Release date

    11/10/2024

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    107m

  • Cast

    Abderrahim Bayga, Ahmed Bouanani, Chaaibia El Adraoui

domestic abuse
Classified Date:
17/10/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
University of Exeter
violence
A frightened woman arrives at a women's shelter asking for protection from her husband. A man shouts at his mother and raises a hand as if intending to hit her. In another scene, women comfort a young girl who has cuts and scrapes on her face, implied to be the result of off-screen domestic abuse.
language
Bad language includes ‘merde’, ‘Christ’ and ‘hell’.
sex
There are brief mild sex references related to an unmarried pregnant woman who claims she has not ‘been with’ a man.
discrimination
There are occasional discreet references to patriarchal conventions in 1980s Morocco. Discrimination is not condoned by the film.
nudity
A series of artworks feature non-sexualised female nudity.
theme
Scenes of bereavement are presented in a gentle and sensitive manner.

  • Classified date

    17/10/2024

  • Language

    French