![]() They are spread between the new village, which has sprung up close to the pilgrimage site to profit from the new influx of visitors, and an ancestral outpost. Though the film’s narrative style could be described as sparse or pared back, the screenplay, also by Aljem, doesn’t only follow the robber and his dimwit accomplice, ironically nicknamed “the Brain” (Salah Bensalah), but also several others. What’s worse, a padlocked and guarded shrine has appeared over the pile of stones that marked the place of burial of this “unknown saint.” The robber has no other choice but to check into a local inn - even though he’s broke - to try and figure out how he can get his money back. But the grave that, from the locals’ point of view, suddenly turned up overnight, has in the meantime become a place of pilgrimage. He immediately travels back to the hill in question. The film proper kicks off after the release from jail of the unnamed offender (Younes Bouab), simply called “the thief” in the credits. ![]()
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