Story of two women in a small fishing village, a Spanish enclave on Moroccan territory. Touria is married to the school teacher, who suspects her of infidelity and confines her to the house. Touria befriends Moira and together they learn how to dance the flamenco.
Direction
Tazi frames the village as both postcard and trap.
Acting
Verdú and Tahiri's wordless chemistry carries everything.
Director
Mohamed Abderrahman Tazi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Badis was shot in the actual Spanish enclave of Sidi Ifni, a colonial relic Morocco finally reclaimed in 1969—Tazi uses this liminal space to mirror women's liminal freedom.
Maribel Verdú was 19 and unknown; this early role predates her Almodóvar fame by years. Tazi reportedly cast her after seeing her in a Madrid theater production.
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