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.

Top Cast

Nacer KhemirAbdulsalam (Teacher)

Soufiane MakniHussayn

Jamila OurabiThe grandmother

Hedi DaoudThe sheikh

Abdel Azim Abdel HaqqAl-Hajj

Hassen KhalsiPolice officer

Noureddine KasbaouiReport writer

Sonia IchtiThe girl