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Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticIt’s no secret that Morocco is one of the most homophobic places on earth, punishing certain acts with prison sentences of up to three years. The secret, as far as Maryam Touzani’s “The Blue Caftan” is concerned, is that its main character is homosexual. The man, Halim (Salem Bakri), is devoted to both his religion and his wife, Mina (“Incendies” star Lubna Azabal).

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Broker, in light of its premiere and wins at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.The model took to Instagram on May 31 to share a series of photos and videos of herself at the red carpet of this year’s Cannes Film Festival, which also included shots of the Broker cast at the film’s premiere. In the accompanying caption, Hadid wrote that the purpose of her appearance at the festival this year was “solely to support experience and watch another Hirokazu Kore-eda film”, in reference to Broker.

Andrew Le Page is bound to cause a stir among the girls in the Love Island villa - while the real estate agent told us he already has previous experience when it comes to dating an Islander. The 27 year old from Guernsey, who lives in Dubai, said: "I was speaking to one [a former Islander], but not about the show. "We matched on a dating site, actually, and we were chatting for a while.

Love Island ’s Amy Hart has urged her fans to get a smear test after she received some "dodgy" results from her own. She reminded her fans not to miss their smear tests, after her results mean that she has to go back for further testing. Amy, 28, took to Twitter to send her fans a message on the topic, writing: "Just a random reminder to book any overdue smear tests please gals.

Former Love Island star Amy Hart has revealed that she would call in sick to work so she could go to the gym before her stint on the hit ITV show. Amy, 28, made an appearance on C4’s Embarrassing Bodies, which airs on Friday 27 May, in which she detailed her gruelling diet and exercise routine that she undertook before entering the villa, which saw her weight drop to nine stone.

Clayton Davis After coming up short in the Oscar race for his role as Pa in Kenneth Branagh’s “Belfast,” Jamie Dornan is trying his hand at the Emmys for his work in the HBO Max series “The Tourist.” Assumed to be going into the brimming limited series categories, Variety has learned exclusively that HBO submitted the show in the drama categories for this year’s Primetime Emmy Awards.The HBO series tells the story of a Northern Irish man who wakes up with amnesia in an Australian hospital. Following clues to his identity, he tries to find who he is, while his past threatens to catch up with him.

Caitlin Quinlan “I don’t think you ever have to be fearful when you’re writing a film,” says Moroccan filmmaker Maryam Touzani ahead of the premiere of her second feature “The Blue Caftan” in Un Certain Regard.Following the relationship between husband and wife Halim and Mina who have kept Halim’s homosexuality a secret for many years, the film takes an important stand against the homophobia of Morocco and its anti-LGTBQ laws. “In Morocco, homosexuality is illegal and I don’t have words to describe how it makes me feel.

A tailor wrestles with his sexuality in The Blue Caftan, a tender Moroccan drama in Un Certain Regard from Maryam Touzani. Also a subtle portrait of a marriage, it slowly unveils the issues of its characters with an empathetic, admiring gaze: these are two people who are highly principled and strive to be thoughtful, even if one of them does not always succeed.

Out gay ‘Bridgerton‘ star Jonathan Bailey is no stranger to attention. Bailey starting his career as a child star, but it was his role as the brooding, hunky Viscount Anthony Bridgerton in the Netflix series Bridgerton that won him international heartthrob status. Jonathan Bailey in ‘Bridgerton’.In an interview with Los Angeles Times, Bailey shared some pretty intimate details about the second season of Bridgerton and the shooting of a particular scene that has since launched a thousand memes. The said scene had the Viscount, steamy and sweaty, in a bathtub pining and brooding over the “object of all my desires” Kate Sharma played by Simone Ashley. While his fans of all genders have swooned over the dreamy-eyed Viscount in a bathtub, Bailey said filming the scene left him “traumatised” and “confused”. Bailey told the Los Angeles Times that “there was actually a camera in the water between my legs looking back at me”Jonathan Bailey in ‘Bridgerton’.The shooting took place around the time that COVID-19 restrictions were being relaxed and you could meet people outside.

She won hearts on the winter series of Love Island in January 2020 and Shaugna Phillips looked super-glam as she launched her new clothing edit with Chi Chi London. In March Shaugna, who was coupled-up with Manchester Islander Callum Jones on the ITV2 dating show, revealed that she'd her lip filler removed.