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In the Atlas Mountains, Saffrana is an isolated village where people believe the flower of saffron is a curse, but one man is trying to prove the contrary.
In the Atlas Mountains lies Safrana, an isolated village that was repeatedly attacked by the French army in the 1940s for its prized plantation of saffron. To protect themselves and live in peace, the residents decided to stop cultivating the valuable spice. After their independence and without this profitable crop, the village declined into poverty. The local people still believe that the flower is cursed, but one man, Hassan, attempts to grow saffron to prove them wrong.

Credits

Director
Yassine El Idrissi
Screenwriter
Yassine El Idrissi
Producer
Yassine El Idrissi
Cast
Confirmed
Mohammed KHouyi, HAssan
Hamid Najah The grand Father
Hamid Nider, The Imam

About the Director

Yassine El Idrissi
Born in Morocco in 1983, Yassine El Idrissi developed a passion for photography and visual storytelling at age 16. He worked as a journalist for Moroccan and international publications before directing his first documentary short, ‘Waiting for the Snow’, in 2009. A 2013 graduate of the Netherlands Film Academy, El Idrissi has since focused on directing, with his films screening at over 140 festiva
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