The Unknown Saint

2019

1h 40m

Comedy

Crime

Drama

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93%

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15 Reviews

67%

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

A thief tries to recover a bag of money that he buried before going to jail.

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Alissa Simon

Variety

A droll, entertaining, absurdist fable about spirituality and greed that signals an important new talent.

May 16, 2019

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Wendy Ide

Screen International

With its arid humour and sparse simplicity, this amusing first feature is filmmaking which works in near perfect harmony with its backdrop: the baked bones of desert country in Morocco's South.

May 15, 2019

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Boyd van Hoeij

Hollywood Reporter

[A] slight but nonetheless pleasurable story...

May 15, 2019

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Roger Moore

Movie Nation

Its charms are "slight" above all else...But anybody still "looking for comedy in the Muslim world" can be encouraged by this offbeat and off-the-beaten-path charmer.

Rated: 2.5/4

Jul 24, 2021

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Joseph Fahim

Middle East Eye

This is the rarest of beasts: a smart, side-splitting Arab comedy tackling collective faith, the presiding craving for a saviour and the primal necessity of finding meaning, or rather conjuring up one.

Jul 3, 2021

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Frank J. Avella

Awards Daily

The Unknown Saint, a droll and quirky satire on religious superstitions. Writer-director Alaa Eddine Aljem impresses with a film that is both suspenseful and hilarious.

Rated: A-

Feb 8, 2021

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Alaa Eddine Aljem

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Younes Bouab

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Salah Ben Saleh

Le cerveau

Bouchaib Essamak

Hassan

Mohamed Naimane

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Anas El Baz

Kamal

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Synopsis

A thief tries to recover a bag of money that he buried before going to jail.

Director: Alaa Eddine Aljem
Screenwriter: Alaa Eddine Aljem
Production Co: Altamar Films, Le Moindre Geste
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Original Language: Arabic
Runtime: 1h 40m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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