Original subtitles

Watch out!

No

Oh my God, oh my God

It's nothing

Yes, it's something

It holds

Stop it

Stop it or I leave

Stop it, please

There's a tier below, don't be afraid

Please

That's the point

If I die?

Sorry?

If I die?

Then I die after you

That's the point, I don't want to die, so don't die, come

Come!

Come!

Come fetch me

You managed to go there, you manage to come back - No that's not true

Coming

Please, come back, please, I beg of you

Look, I never kneeled

There, I'm out of my home

so come home

At last I get you back

You don't have to be afraid

Yes I have to

For this semester's end: possible topics for my video reportage

Virginity in Maghreb Difficulty to be a man

Premarital sexuality Modern life and respect of the traditions

Possible topics for my video reportage

Virginity in Maghreb Difficulty to be a man

Premarital sexuality Modern life and respect of the traditions

And now, our reportage on the forms

of homosexual unions

continues with an exclusive interview of Abdellah Taïa

writer born in Rabat

who just published his first book.

Abdellah Taïa, do you think a form of civil union

could be legalised in Maghreb by Muhammad VI

or President Ben Ali?

Civil union...

Well, it's not my...

I don't know what I ought to answer...

and what I would like...

but I don't think this will happen

someday in Morocco

but...

we do have better

rather we had better

It was marriage between nmen

in the oasis of Siwa

which is in Egypt

just near the libyan border

there was, till the middle of XX century

weddings between men

More exactly, it was a specific social class

which was called "Eggallah"

they were workers

for the wealthy in Siwa

and, as they couldn't wed before they were 40

they had the opportunity

to marry youths

15, 16, 18, something like that

so they proposed to the family

they gave a dowry

they a wedding was celebrated

As there was a lot of palm trees

they devote themselves to some practice

They let their sensuality, their male sensitivity, express itself

dancing an singing

You have to know that, at night,

the best way to have fun is to dance.

Oh yes, I saw a clip, in Algeria

What's her name, Britters...

Britney Spears

Yes, her

she was dancing with a mini skirt

it's censored, down there

They cut it?

Yeah

I swear

It's a religious country

I don't think so

You go in the bushes

You find Muslim Sisters

and that's what they are doing

Nowadays, for them

twiddling in the bushes

or someplace

it's normal

it's normal, yes

And above all, don't touch...

vagina, or...

So that's hanky-panky

No it isn't, far from it

it's a form of homosexuality

yes, from behind

the boy gets his own pleasure

the girl make do

it's a pity

If you think those people...

they are constrained to do it

so you got many frustrated people

Ethnic an gay tea dance Every Sunday - Black, White, and Coloured

Why are they late?

Yeah?

Can I speak to you for a moment?

Yeah, go on

It's just to ask you...

I'm doing something about...

I've problems finding guys who'll...

join my reportage

What kind of reportage?

It's...

It's a sociology topic for my school, I have...

to interview gays from...

Why are you asking me? I'm not gay!

No, no insult intended

No, you come to me...

but it's not because I'm there on a Sunday that...

No, I don't want to have anything to do with your trick

No, it's no trick...

No, that' all

Hey... wait!

No, I can't, I told you

To submit your ad, please wait...

Hello

I call for your ad in the papers

I'm much interested, and I'm OK to be screened

for an interview

You are?

Karim

Hi

I wasn't sure

I almost knocked at the other door

Oh yes?

Make yourself confortable, take a chair

It looks like good equipment

That's my parent's, for holidays, and everything

So you're Tunisian

You did watch some practices...

homosexual practices down there

What differences have you noticed with here?

What can I say?

Don't you want us to speak more of myself, my personal experience?

Yeah, go on

Actually, I'm a performer

I work mainly with my body

Artworks take place on my body

Explain

You see, I get naked

and I ask a man to make a drawing with henna on my skin

on the spot he wants

Afterward, I ask him to take pictures of me

So, I become a living sculpture for the man who let his mark on my body

a living sculpture, existing till the henna disappears

But... what's the connection with you homosexuality?

In fact

it's often Maghrebin people

as yourself

with whom I make love

I want my lovers to make an artwork with me

and it can be heterosexual people, too

You know what?

I've never filmed my performance

Would you like me to become your artwork?

So I'll strip

I'll bring my syringe

and you'll make a drawing on me

Don't worry, it'll be quick

Would you open the door, please?

You'll do your artwork without me

Listen, I'm...

That's not the topic.

Stop laughing

Do you think there is...

a homosexual algerian identity?

I don't know, I'm sorry

I don't know well since

it's been a while since I went in Algeria.

due to the problems.

Last time I went,

I was 17 or 18

From my innocent view, I saw homosexuality

without knowing what it is really.

The thing is, people flirted with me

I thought it was only a contact

a contact between algerians

I know arab contacts are very strong

one holds hands

have some kisses

I think in Maghreb,

a great lot of people are homosexual

But some do it because they like it

others do it short term,

during boyhood

and then, they marry

Was it a burden for you, when you were young?

I knew it quite lately

lately?

three years ago

and during these three years, I spend two with somebody

I'm quite faithful, so I stayed with this person, without questionning

I fell in love with him.

It's over for a year, so now

I enjoy parisian nights

you understand?

Which country do you like most?

Certainly Egypt

Join the club

But you don't know it

Egypt? No.

No, but sensitivity and...

I don't know, but the way guys sing down there

It's sensitive, it's romantic

Perhaps romantic isn't appropriate word, but it's sensitive, they aren't afraid to...

they don't fear to express themselves

That's... it a way I appreciate

Oriental music... it's a sensitive music generally

Very sensitive

And I feel, I'm sure you dance quite well

What makes you say that?

I don't know

We've got time

You could dance for me

you owe me that much

Sure

You could do...

You could show me

how well you dance

I do dance, but...

only for myself

Well Ok

I hope you'll be able to help me because...

till now, the testimonies I got weren't

very deep or interesting

Actually, I don't know if I can suggest something

really interesting...

What I'll do is...

I'll present you...

a few member's addresses

Say you come from me, it's important

Are they all gay?

Yes, all of them, without exception

as are most members of our association

aside a few heteros

who joined us, funny

Those I selected are serious

no problem

They are willing to be filmed openly

as we agreed on the phone.

Otherwise, I've an interesting contact

an association called ADRIS

who fights for clandestine gays

At the moment, they see to a maghrebin

an algerian who flew his country

who's refugee in France, for the moment.

My name's Mohamed

I'm gay, I'm algerian

I was born in Algiers, I'm 27

Homosexuality is a highbrow term in Algeria

people can't understand

what it means

When you are told "homosexual"

especially people who didn't go to school

they can't understand

people only say

gay,, for them, it's not...

beware, it's an insult

when you say, it's somebody

well,, it means, it's somebody

who's "in his ass"

who gets fucked

but it's not for someone

who fucks, because the one who fucks...

...is a macho, a true man

despite he fucks, he's still seen as a man

I would say, he's accepted

despite he's wicked

he's still respected

that is, his authority is respected

he pass

so society won't reject him

or won't be ostracised

they may wipe it away

but somebody who gets fucked

he got...

not only he gets fucked, but

he gets... all the bad jobs to do.

so it's important

It's passive homosexuality, I insist, passive...

homosexuality who's condemned.

How are you?

7 floors!

Sorry

Do you like me fat, ou do you want me to slim?

Thanks

Take a smoke, if you like

Oh, I got some, for once

But they come from America

so they are "deesgusting"

Yes, as at home

See, "deesgusting"

"deesgusting"

How are you going?

Well, I was viewing my film

Hey, I've something for you

Look, your double

It'll look good with your pic, yonder

Michelangeli

Good, my gazelle

As soon as I saw the colors, they seemed...

Funny, the expression is the same

You could believe you did it on purpose

the same position

I think the drawer made it on purpose

He copied me

He copied your facial expression

It's nice, isn't it?

Actually, it makes an axis

symmetry - Like a couple that...

I cheated on you

There you go! I knew, going and coming from Algeria...

But she's no algerian

No, we knew her like you before

For the green card, right

But I had her put a veil, otherwise...

True, with a face like that, it has to be the green card

Well, I saw this pic, it's beautiful

Hi, Karim, I'm in transit in Mykonos I just visited the island of Delos

I wish you could film me here. I like being in front of cameras, especially yours. Farid.

Hi, Farid, Karim speaking

I want to thank you for the pics

They're lovely. If you want to see them, just call me back.

I'm busy just now

I changed at the airport

so you can come right now, if you like

I see you ran

Back from your journey?

Yeah, I arrived just now

How come you're sweating so much?

It's quite hot outside

Yes, but that much, though...

What?

That much?

You're from the countryside, no?

It's so high, you have to deserve climbing to you

Wanna have a shower, before I show you the pics?

Just a fresh T-shirt, so...

Ah shit, I suggest a shower, you ask for a T-shirt

Either one, you don't mind?

Yeah, never mind

Is it OK?

Yeah, fine

Want something to drink?

Whatever, as long as I drink

OK

Since you ran, water will be fine

Where are you changing?

Wow, what a man!

Don't get excited, please

Karim

Tequila, or...

Yeah

Tequila

Alcohol is bad.

I like bad things

I stop, you must be thirsty

Alcohol is bad, but you seem to have a lot

I entertain a lot

You know how to entertain

I have to, people must feel at ease

Thanks

You fell alright by me?

Health

Stop it

Are you uneasy?

Well, I don't know

Don't be afraid, I won't jump on you

So are you showing me these pics?

I look well, don't I?

Yes, you look good on video

Thanks

You too, you look good

Yes, but I don't get filmed.

Your turn will come

Inch'Allah, as one say.

Inch'Allah

Yes, I hear you

Ciao

- Bye - Bye

See you

Call me as soon...

- Call me whenever you like - Fine

Karim, for the interview, I wish to go to the Calanques

at a naturist spot. Don't be afraid, nothing's going to happen to you

No trap

but I wish to go there, I like the place.

You introduce yourself ahead of my camera

It will perhaps be showed to students

things like that

Doesn't it bother you?

Of course it does

But I think I'm above that

regarding my ho...

my sexuality, plainly

I'm above that

Yes, I had problems, like

identity problems regarding

my culture and...

my origins, therefore my sexuality too

but it's going on

So long as I assume, myself, it's going fairly well with others

It would be more difficult telling my mother I eat pork

than I am gay

- Oh yeah? - Yes

- Does your mother know? - Yes, she does

Did she take it well?

No!

But she knows

- She knows - Yes

Karim, I warn you, I'm going to strip

I hope it won't upset you

Why don't you strip?

Because I'm modest.

Do you want help spreading lotion on your back

Do you stay there?

Yes

I go strolling

I can't hear you, who's that?

Hello

OK, I hear better, now

OK, now I know who it is

bacause I couldn't hear you, it went "trbbshhh"

Where are you?

What did you say?

WHere are you?

It's up to you

call me when you come back in Paris

or we arrange a appointment just now

if you like, eh, only if you want to see me

I ask you, if you like, if you have something to do

perhaps you don't feel like it, you'd like to stay... I don't know, that's why I ask you

OK, fine, you call me back

So, is you book going fine?

I don't know

Of course, hanging around backrooms...

- I've no means to know, and moreover... - Why?

Because I've to ask the publisher, ask the bookshops, and...

On the other side, there's been no review, nothing

Silence

That's good, but...

But people who know you, who've read the book, how do they see you?

As a freak, as before

Even you say quite often I'm a freak

Stop thanks

- Go on, help yourself. - Thanks, I'm not hungry

I actually came to see you

not to eat.

That's soja

Did you ear me?

Go on, eat!

Do you assume your homosexuality, compared with before?

No, I don't

- Still not. - No

It hurts me

Every time I ejaculate, I cry

and do you wash afterward, as before?

No, I don't do it anymore

You know, I'm making a reportage...

on homosexuality, right now

Would you like to...

participate.

Do you make movies, now?

I begin to.

You've done everything

At 15, you were in politics

What's the them of your film?

Homosexuality in Maghreb

For me, what's important is...

to drop these questions right now

I mean in my life

and everybody's life.

There're two questions I don't ask myself

but I understand people who...

ask themselves when they are 20...

20, 25 years old

That's homosexuality and origins.

Homosexuality and origins, it a final question

Yourself, how do you stand towards sexuality?

Sexuality?

I stand... as an heterosexual

But that's a bit strange

you make a movie on that when you stand as an hetero

Sociology is studying society

Yes, but one chooses a subjet

chooses a subject in relation with one's interests

in relation with...

do you feel personally concerned, in this work...

in this task?

That's a theme that hasn't been covered yet

You mean your film...

you apply sociologic methods

to a documentary?

I don't apply anything. I light up a light.

Light keeps eroticism out, tight?

Does it suits you...

this interview?

Yes, it's fine with me

because it's important

I know another guy who's working

on that subject, too

on Homosexuality in Maghreb

I think it's his film's title

Homosexuality in Maghreb

Funny, I saw you at the same time

I thought you worked together

but you don't know him at all.

What's his name?

Farid?

Yeah, speaking

Yes, I'm fine

What do I mean, could you come, just now?

What's that?

You know quite well, it's my number

Do you know who gave it to me?

Oh yes, I've got an idea

You've got an idea

Yeah

And what were you doing with him?

It's a friend

It's a friend whom you filmed

So what?

So what, you're doing a film about homosexuality in Maghreb, he told me

Oh, there, cool down, that's it

You don't offer me a drink, where's hospitality?

Well, I go to see someone, you go before me, you... tell me!

Think some.

Think what?

You interviewed him the day before me

But, Karim

No, you tell me

if you're doing a movie

You thought the idea is good

You wish to do it in my stead

Do you mean what you say?

No I don't mean it, I'm playing Shakespeare

But I did it only for you

that's it

That's for you

- Is it your interview? - Yes

But why did you do it?

For you

Why, to help me doing it?

May I have a drink, now?

I don't want it

What do you have?

Tea

I'll heat up some water

But next time, warn me, I don't like...

I didn't want to disturb you, I meant to surprise you

It's my first present. There will be more.

But it peeves me. I've difficulties to find people

so if you take them as I find them...

Well, don't speak of it anymore

Your posters are fine

Ah, Farid el Atrache

I'm called Farid after him

Good music, good dance

What question did you ask him?

You'll see

In the new town of Marrakesh

near the great post office

where boys, at night,

dress as women

get feminine forenames

and wait there for a boy

wishing to... fuck them

It's why they are...

Thanks

You're welcome

No, I mean

A bit aggressive, no?

Unbelievable

- I didn't know you that way - You're not angry?

No, frankly, no

Thanks

As an apology

Hey, I did my best!

I know, I'm patient

Why aren't you in your film?

Because it has no interest, I'm not a homo...

I don't want to be filmed just because I'm a beur

Stop it

But it's so small

You want to try?

Karim

Honestly, did you ever sleep with another man?

No!

Siam and you are going well together

I mean, sexually, for example?

Very well, yes

Will you marry together?

- Do we wish to marry? - Yes

We're speaking of it but...

I'm quite far from a decision

After marriage, for instance

...if you marry - Yes

you realised that, all in all, it doesn't suits you, and...

you fake love

what will you do?

Everything my poor heart wants to say

You are now my master

not knowing what to do with you

if I had bad intentions

because I'm good and kind, as God made me

I dvise love and innocent laughing

But this has no incidence on your life

because it's too locked up, so God made it.

I'll cover you with tender love

I will hurt you only with cuddles

if you were warmer and more relaxed

if you were less cold and distant

we could enjoy good moments

that will stay in our memories.

Hi Karim

I write to you from Amsterdam, where I went to visit my friend, the photographer

I took the oportunity to search

for a possible gay mosque

I tried to call arab groups, who could be interested.

I called several times, to no avail.

So I went to the Gay Documentation Center

there, I found documents which could be of interest for you

I made copies for you

Eventually, I got in touch with one of the gay group, called Yussef Foundation

That's what they said:

I don't want to establish a gay mosque, the turkish group had that idea

They wished to benefit from a turkish imam

who came to Netherland, and get back to his country

The aim of Yussef Foundation isn't radical, we just try to change mentalities

inside muslim communities, and to create a research group within Islam

to study an acceptance pattern of homosexuality, so that Imams learn to confront the idea

We don't seek revolution, only evolution

That's it, I'll try to find a camera to shoot both groups.

without any guarantee. See you. Mustapha

I hav to go to a photographer. Do you want to come with me?

What kind of photos?

Photos for a casting

I've a lot of addresses. Moreover, they are looking for...

young english-speaking arabs for a feature length

and since you speak english, so...

But I don't want to become an actor.

Why, are you afraid of your body?

I've to shoot closer

like that

yes, very good, don't move

yes, super

you know, the difficulty for the photographer is to resist being carried away, by himself...

or by his model

He has to resist the desire to shoot

until the craving is so irresitible

he can't do otherwise but shoot

Yes, very good

Yeah

Don't move away

Yeah. I manage quite well with men, doing nothing

Yes, there, there, don't move

Good! Oh well

Yes, super, super, super, don't move away

Beautiful!

Wow

7 o'clock Place Clichy, did you say?

Half past 7 at La Chapelle, OK

OK?

Is it OK?

It's always happening to me

As soon as somebody is, even slightly, disturbed

God send him to me. Psychologist on duty

You have the lawyer for the poors, and I am psychologist on duty

I've something to fulfil

which will certainly go through music and dance

but I can't explain... the relation with...

if it'll continue, I don't know

I've enough with guys who don't know what they want,

where they are.

I have to consult a real psychologist

Hi, it's Farid

Listen, I just land

and I'm fine

could we see each other?

I've something to...

- You're OK? - Jet lag.

Did you film anybody, meantime

What are you reading, Jean Genet?

Yes, Jean Genet's life

Listen, I'm quite tired

I can understand

I'm tired

strip your jacket, why don't you...

I don't dare, I'm so shy

You, shy?

Isn't Siam here?

No, she's out for a stroll

Damn, it's a book

"Do you love me?"

"When I saw this sweet young man

"He was laughing out

"We were both

"alone with God

"However, he put his hand in mine

"and talked a lot

"then he asked me 'Do you love me?'

"Yes, beyond love"

Wow

Arabs are so good

"For you this book of persian poems

"As for my dedication

"Jean Genet will do it in my stead

"Farid, who cares for you" - Why a camera here?

Did you interview somebody?

No, I put it there...

to shoot me dancing.

Could you show me some?

May I take a shower?

I go lying down there

Make yourself at home, you didn't forget!

But I feel at home here.

I don't mind, do as you please.

Do you keep your promises?

What?

Do you usually keep your promises?

Sure. What about?

Massage, for instance.

Massage?

You told me you would massage me.

Did I?

I didn't speak of massage.

That's my spare keys, come whenever you like.

These two dainty little hands!

Oh there you go

It's cute

Ah back off

Stop it

Ah! "Mouk"

"Mouk"!

You wanna play

Stop fooling aroud

Stop it

If you do it again, I overthrow that

Stop it

You bastard!

OK, let's stop together

I did that when I was 10, are you mad?

I blessed you, you won't be gay anymore

I'll cruise you

You got an rendezvous... love?

Yes. Are you jealous, do you want to go with me Do you want to see how it is between gays?

- Between men? - Yes

I'd like to see that, yes

Ah but you have to pay for it. Be laid down.

Are you top or bottom?

- I will top or bottom you! - Oh I begin to learn

Where did you learn these words? Honestly?

Top bottom?

Do you loiter in the Marais, now?

No, I don't

That makes them believe it's a cruising trick

But you've got a way to kindle people

I mean, when you look...

you kindle

- Me? - You know quite well

You're kindling yourselves, as soon as you see me, you ogle

Star!

Who do you take you for?

You loiter gay places, you look like a gay

you ogle like a gay

and you're dressed as a gay

I'm sorry, I'm not dressed as a gay

You're a faggot... a fag-got

And the faggot sneers at you

Yes you do!

- Are you bottoming, tonight - Of course...

I'm fed up toping

Oh yes, with Siam

Yes, you must be loose, now, it doesn't appeal to me

I'm no bottom

You're not a bottom?

No

you'd like me to be, he, bitch

You'd like me to be a bottom

You're a kindler

Shit, that's for me

Hurry up, your lovers're there

Top!

Do you have gel?

- Gel? - Do you have any gel?

I put some in my hair, what are you thinking about?

Seriously, ask him if I may come

Oh he's hot, you're a lucky man to have Farid

he's so hot

Don't listen to him

He's plain silly

I'm not silly, I love sex

At the end you open your ass with...

Are you stuck? It's not entirely inside?

It's too big. That's why. Piss off.

You're a loose hole, that's it

Yes, he only speaks sex. He's crazy

And he claims he's not gay

Stop it with your little shitty taboos

What's the meaning of all that

Of course you get butt-fucked

its looses up, it dilates

- So, we meet at your place, boulevard Voltaire - Can you turn around, please?

I wanna light up my cigarette

He's jealous. He's jealous, that's why, it's because he's in love with me, that's why he's like that

Give me a cigarette, Siam

Give me one, go on

Hey, what's your problem?

You wanna say something, what's that how come you throw me that pack

can't you give it normally, as normal people do

I have to say I exist

You have to talk, there is something you have to say, speak up!

You don't do motions like that, if you want to play such motions, I'll show you how I play

you're gonna regret what you've just done

I'll show you who's the gentle sex

I can't believe it, you ask for a cigarette, she becomes crazy

WHat's the problem, where's your problem you haven't spoken for days

Speak up, let's start the discussion, speak up!

I have problems, too, I have things going in my head

Don't do it again, never!

Never again. Next time you have something to say, just speak up

I can't stand moods like that

What will you write down?

What will you write down? Your mood?

What you want to tell me? Tell it to me, now, in front of me

so you'll see my reactions, live

Now, if it's your way to talk, write your letter and get lost

Don't talk with me. Damn, women!

You want us to stay like that for years.

Karim

I'm going

I discovered, in one of your books

the charming dedication that the boy

called Farid, wrote to you

I you love him, go with him

I can't live with a man who doesn't love me

who loves somebody else

Of late, you didn't touch me anymore

you didn't want me to touch you

I need love

I can't live without tenderness

If you think you love me, come back

I don't say we won't meet again

I need time to think

Bye for now

Siam

Yes, sure you can come

Siam went back to Algeria

We live like rats, here

It's hard, within this society which doesn't understand anything

It's really risky, nowadays

to be discovered as a homosexual

and arrested by the state

You can be raped, beaten al night long

you can even die, without your family knowing anything about you

A whore lived in the neighborhood, once

she got... killed

She got... slayed

Hey, Karim

Karim

So tell me about your problems

Well, I stop the film-making

I don't know, the subject isn't innocent

perhaps I choose it unconsciously to...

I don't know, to expose my desire for men

Don't you have a girlfirend?

It's over

You didn't tell me that

No, because it's over, and it's between she and me

Anyway, I'm unable to live with somebody

We'll never marry, so?

Do you want to travel with me, see the sun

show you homosexual practices in Maghreb

I will be your guide.

Day after tomorrow

As you see, there's two of them

for both of us

What do you plan to do there?

Assert if you are truly gay, or not.

No, why did you want to bring me there

since you didn't know I took this decision

I wished to be a longer time with you

I, alone

at least a week

to see if we are made for each other

You only have to say yes

Yes to what? The journey, or you and me?

The journey, first

us, later.

No, I left Siam, I'm not oing with a man

I don't know where I stand. - Karim

what you just said is quite contradictory

anyway, you're gay

Look at me, please

Stop that

What are you doing? Stop it.

You don't know what you miss.

I don't know, I don't want anymore

Finish your project, first

I feel like filming

Be a man, now, OK?

Eh Karim

OK?

How do I do?

I'm sorry, we got a double room, but I've to smoke

- Oh no, no - I smoke

You go smoking outside

- No, I smoke - You're not smoking in the room

That's not your home

Go smoking there

No, I smoke

Go smoking in the hammam

I can't smoke where it stinks

It doesn't stink, it smells

No, smoke outside

Where are you smoking?

Fine, I go outside

I'm outside, but...

Do you fuck?

- What? - Do you fuck?

Do I fuck?

Yes, it happens, sometimes

Would you like a shower?

As they say in the traveller's guide

what you shouldn't do is

assuming young people walking in the street hand in hand, or rather finger in hand, are gay

it's a sign of friendship, and not homosexuality.

Wow, top camera

I know

It's ten times better than mine

I know too

Smile to the camera

How are you?

Like that?

Go on, pose

You can also shoot stills with that?

Wow, what a item

Am I the item

Oh yes, excuse me

Are you shooting?

Yeah

First day of filming. It's very hot, we just arrived in Marrakesh

the town, where, it is said,

homosexuality is quite tolerated

Marrakesh is the Moroccan Marais

Yep

It's the "Funkish" district

There's surely a lot of gay young Maghrebin here

but I don't know where they hide

Seems gay bars exist, like in the Marais

but here, no bar claims to be openly gay

and anyway, no native will let himself filmed

Well, that's Marrakesh

the great square I show you before

lot of cruising

Tourists?

yes, tourists.

Prostitution, then?

Yeah

I took a few notes

I'll read them to you

Sexuality can't come true

only in the rightful frame of marriage

with the almost exclusive goal of reproduction

Islam rejects any whim during sex, refuses passing unions

and condemn free union

However, age of marriage comes late

so, for lack of performing heterosexual sex

whereas he's in full possession of his sexual organs

the young finds in homosexuality

a feasible outlet to hetero sex.

So homosexuality is quite practiced before marriage

and operates like a substitution sexuality

So it's a normal evolution of young maghrebin sexual life

You know, I've read that, so...

I'm not aware

now you've seen it

but the gesture is...

And all these people, all these boys, what are they here for?

Amongst these people, almost 80% have already had a relation with a same sex person

Look, as people pass by, they ogle

- Whether they wear a jellabah or not... - That's normal

Why is it normal

I've been cruised quite a lot, since we are here

The guy in the shop, where we were

he told me you're an algerian, i said yes

he told me I can see it, because it's beautiful people, all that

After that, he asks me which hotel I stay in, and if he may come tonight

Did you give him the name of our hotel?

Yes, but he didn't know it, and I didn't took the trouble to explain

I told him if I wished to see him again, I'd come back

Why did you give him the name of the hotel

whilst you know he was cruising you, he told you you were cute

Because when you are in it, first you are surprised

as long as he hasn't done a true approach

a positive and honest approach

he said he wanted to come

- Somebody tells me algerians like you are cute - Listen, you have the habit, I don't

I didn't know he...

- if I become jealous... - He says... he just said which hotel are you in

then he told me...

- Don't forget I speak arab, he wondered if... - So at that moment, you were being cruised

Some guys made me understand they were at my service in every sense of the word

and I know it doesn't cause any problem I know they are quite...

they are quite warmhearted, quite close

Karim

After Wermeer

the male "Venus of Milo"

How's my garb?

What?

Too long?

Too long

Do you know Siwa

Yep

There has been men's weddings till the 40s

and you know, an anthropologist said

there, at the beginning of the century, homosexuality was thriving

every man had sodomy

they spoke of it openly

and bosses had harems with boys

in Siwa oasis

Egypt was quite open, at that time, no?

What are you ogling like that?

Not much to ogle here.

There's me

Karim, you're a startled virgin, who waits the wedding to be deflowered. Farid

Farid, if you write instead of talking, I can do as much: don't be so much of a bully with me

If you want me, learn to be more delicate

Is it OK?

Wait, I pushed some button

Give it to me

Why?

I will do the film

- What's that? - I will act as the guide

Why, are you aware now?

We won't use many cameras

That's mine

Wait, don't be afraid

Farid, do you want me to be your guide?

Are you really a student in psychology?

Yeah?

Oh well. I've never checked.

I didn't check if you were a real steward

I've never said...

I've never told you to trust me

Go on. Be the guide.

I'm your guide?

Amongst places which allow closeness of same sex people

there's also the

the coranic school is where the child has his first contact with sacred texts

the sexual dimension takes its place

it's often with his body's favors

that the boy bypass his master's aggressivity

When the master doesn't pay attention

the oldest schoolboys take charge of the initiation of the youngest

indulging in sodomy with them

People overlooked homosexual practices in these places.

Some even say the master's sperm

includes a measure of intelligence and divine blessing

A Middle Atlas proverb says:

"He who wants to learn, should go under the master"

You should sign up your texts, Farid

Don't play with that

How I love you!

Put you hand away

Farid is upset, and doesn't want to be filmed anymore

Don't look and you won't hear anymore

The road to love

You don't want to take, o my heart the road that leads to love

Everything is ready for you now, but you don't want to do anything.

Say yes to me

Take a responsability at least once in your life

Farid, won't you stop your acting?

Karim

Say yes or no to me

Say yes or no to me

Hey! It's yes or no. Now!

I've other things to do, I'm not at your disposal

Lovers or nothing

Lovers or nothing, that's it

I don't want to make the movie anymore

I don't know where all that story leads

I don't know where all that story leads, and I ask myself questions without finding any answers

He told me I want to go to Jean Genet's grave

before going away

To say the truth, I didn't expect that

but I was happy to go there

"For you this book of persian poems As for my dedication, Jean Genet will do it in my stead

When I was a child, God was mostly a picture

When I was a child, God was mostly a picture

God didn't count in my kid's little life

At 15, I was seriously ill

every day, in hospital, a nurse brought me a candy, saying

That's the sick boy next room who sends it to you

I went better, and after a fortnight, I wished to see

and thank the boy who sent me a candy every day

I saw a 16-17 years old guy, who was so good looking

everything that existed before didn't count anymore

God didn't exist, he was God

From that guy, a lot of copies were made, who became all the lovers I had until a decade

but no faded copies, on the contrary copies sometimes cuter than the original

So God, it's in Greece I knew Him best

Greece, and arab countries

Buy a postcard, it's easier

Romantic pics for a dime, do you want me running on the shore?

Come along

There is an excerpt on a city in Algeria

where weddings between men took place

as in Siwa

Listen

Practices we call aberrant

are normal in other societies

especially homosexuality which often enjoys unanimous apporbation from the group

as in the case of Beni Brahim, in Ouargla, which dispense men's weddings

before the ordinary marriage.

Karim, you talked again of men's weddings

So, meet me in an hour at Foucauld's square

Tomorrow mornig, we take the plane back

If you don't move until then, it'll be too late.

What is it?

Well,

you'll have to give it to me, now.

Subtitles: coucou21