Bye-Bye Souirty

Rabii, a young transvestite dancer is employed by Kacem, a seasoned traveling showman who owns a lottery stand. The story takes place in the villages of southern Morocco hard hit by drought. Three destinies are briefly crossed: that of Rabii with his dreams of a better place, of Kacem, who is sick and seeks to free himself of a dark past, and of Kacem’s only son, Larbi, a former boxer, ex-convict, a violent man and a pathological liar who ends up all alone. —Africulture