A Door to the Sky (1989)

Cast

Chaaibia El Adraoui, Zakia Tahiri, Ahmed Bouanani, Fatima Loukili, Bachir Skiredj

Overview

In this Sufi tale, Nadia, a young Moroccan emigre returns from Paris to Fez to visit her dying father. At his funeral, she is overcome by the voice of Karina chanting the Koran. A powerful friendship develops between the two women as they decide to turn the father's palace into a shelter for Muslim women.