Salvation Army is a restrained, autobiographical gay drama about growing up in Morocco under the weight of family, poverty and unspoken desire. Abdellah Taïa keeps the film austere and unsentimental, giving its fragments of memory a quiet, personal force.
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Salvation Army is a restrained, autobiographical gay drama about growing up in Morocco under the weight of family, poverty and unspoken desire. Abdellah Taïa keeps the film austere and unsentimental, giving its fragments of memory a quiet, personal force.
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