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I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

the audience applauded

Memorable, crazy movie

Fantastic!

Weird thing: in the middle of the movie David Lynch appeared in my mind's eye. I don't know why he popped into my head but he did. I must have connected the styles intuitively. The mix of story lines, the impressive and sometimes deeply moving shots, the way it gets under your skin. And like David Lynch movies, it's a bad idea to watch this picture using your head. There's another link I think. Lynch is deeply into awareness techniques. He's been doing TM most of his life. Just surrender to its flow of images, lyrics (I can hardly call this text) and music. You might end up with some miraculous insights (or reminded of them)

As others have said, this movie can qualify as a "best movie of my life". The person that commented about the movie not focusing exclusively on the pure/ascetic aspects of Sufi has a valid point, but it is on purpose that this is the case.I strongly recommend watching the other two movies of the "dessert trilogy" where the very same path towards illumination, is seen from the outside (first movie), then from the point of view of the one drawn into joining in (second movie) and with Bab'aziz comes the end of the cycle.Behind the movie and the trilogy itself, the Director (Nacer Khemir) is of course the conduit that guides to the viewers the source of the light. To dedicate all your artistic career to a single trilogy over so many years, puts Mr. Khemir in the line of the Muslim craftsmen that adorned so beautifully the buildings we see throughout the movies... He succeeded in turning a medium (cinematography) mostly used by anti-traditional messages in a veritable page of a scripture. The movie is able to lead people to "search more" and provides them a valid direction as well.Some of Nacer's interviews one can find on the net are worth watching too...

The movie was completely hopeless. I will not recommend it to anyone who have no idea what's a Dervish and how is the way into it. half of movie is filled with many Arab guys, speaking senselessly and complete out of the picture. they cant even speak Persian and try it painfully. Sufism was made in Iran and in Persian culture to distinguish between the way Arabs and Persians took to approach to god. I think the Arab directors should seek something in their culture and make movies about them. this kind of subjects are such important and respectful that even the big directors from Iran dare to approach. while directors like Hatamikia, Majidi and Beizaei with their brilliant filmography don't touch such a subject, I wonder how an unknown director did so. I just don't get how some Iranian actors/actresses played in such a waste. Golshifte Farahani is far more superior to play in this movie.

I saw this dazzling work of art at the Palm Springs film festival January 10 and it got my vote for best film of the week. It was as beautiful as it was touching and funny. Maryam Hamid gave a flawless performance as the charming and sweet Ishtar. Parviz Shaminkhou was superb as her determined and caring dervish grandfather. Blind but not sightless, he finds his way across the constantly changing terrain guided only by his heart, in search of that place he is meant to be. The hypnotizing music of Armand Amar was the perfect accompaniment to the stunning Tunisian landscape where each scene was more magnificent than the next; a dream within a dream. Do not miss this film.