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Mimosas(ميموزا)

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Spain, Morocco, France · 2016
1h 33m
Director Oliver Laxe
Starring Ahmed Hammoud, Shakib Ben Omar, Said Agli, Ikram Anzouli
Genre Drama

Mimosas tells two different stories. In a modern setting, a spiritual young man working as a mechanic is entrusted by his boss to assist a sheikh traveling towards the Atlas Mountains. In a more traditional setting, a caravan of sheikhs head towards the ancient city of Sijilmasa so a man can die with his loved ones.

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Total Film by

An intriguing tale of faith under pressure emerges, but it’s too slow and simple to truly convince.

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Variety by Ben Kenigsberg

Those familiar with the ethnographic works of Ben Rivers (who gets a thanks in the closing credits) and the films of Argentine director Lisandro Alonso (“Jauja”) will find much to admire in the movie’s combination of spiritual musings and stunning landscapes.

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The Film Stage by Ed Frankl

It’s a spiritual, ambiguously plotted journey through the Atlas Mountains, and those willing to give in to its mystical embrace and gorgeous visuals should find it a sensual, engrossing watch.

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The A.V. Club by Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

Perhaps Mimosas is nothing more than a high-minded (but very affectionate) paean to naïveté, an incomplete adventure that eschews both sophistication and interpretation.

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The New York Times by Jeannette Catsoulis

At best ambiguous and at worst unfathomable, Mimosas, the sophomore feature from the Spanish director Oliver Laxe, merges harsh reality and offbeat mysticism into a reflection on the tug between our higher powers and baser instincts.

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Screen International by Jonathan Romney

This is partly a consummate figures-in-a-landscape study, with characters – and their accompanying mules - often merging into the vastness of a varied, but usually profoundly, inhospitable landscape. But the cast makes striking use of non-professionals, and Laxe has an unerring eye for faces that tell a story.

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