Driss Aroussi

In the desert, a man extracts stones from a mountain and breaks them. In his perpetual labour, he meditates upon life and death.

The desert region of Errachidia (Morocco) suffers from recurrent periods of severe drought. A man is sent there to clear a system of underground water galleries earmarked for irrigating crops. With a keen sense of framing and a skilful simplicity, Driss Aroussi spins a cinematographic fable on the subject of the climate crisis.