Crossing the Seventh Gate

Ali Essafi visited Bouanani three years before the latter’s death. The filmmaker, poet and novelist who also made drawings was leading a reclusive life in a remote village with his wife Naïma and many cats, living in the midst of huge piles of books and manuscripts.

• Release date
• February 12, 2017
• Runtime
• 80 min
• Genres
• Documentary
• Director
• Ali Essafi

Cast

Ahmed Bouanani himself

N

Naïma Saoudi himself

T

Touda Bouanani himself

A

Ali Essafi himself