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This film revealed the simplicity and beauty in Moroccan people as well as the unfairness when they meet tourists, in this film wealthy windsurfers who visit for breaks. Couldnt they sponsor or support the man to follow his dreams and attempt a life on their shores, Europe? His hospitality wasnt reciprocated and why couldn't his friends invite him to Europe?

The journey along the coast revealed the main character's agitation and desire to leave as well as the man who had chosen to live simply and stay. The contrast created between the two men-the windsurfer and the fishermen-made the end difficult. Was it the end? Can we have hope that beyond dehydration and exhaustion there was some hope that he might end on European shores. Uncertain of his ending we, the viewer must ask, how complicit are we in imposing a perspective of freedom as well as denying freedom.

The windsurfing revealed a freedom land-dwellers dont wholly understand nor experience. Was this the wrong guide, that feeling the Moroccan man must have felt in the wind? The wind, a force through the waves carrying him beyond our knowledge. The journey, frustrating and feeling the failure carried a message that the adventuring spirit or person, knows and doesnt want limits imposed to explore freedom and at the same the adventurer went beyond a rational decision I might make.

The movie is a about a very talented windsurfer from Morocco, who finds his freedom at sea, surfing for days and hundreds of kilometers at once, and someone who feels trapped in his homeland, desperate to break away for bigger things. There are visitors coming to his town from all over the world, part of his "global tribe", they leave as they come but Fettah is unable to leave his country. I loved the contrast between the feeling of freedom when he is at the sea, and the fact that he is unable to leave Morocco. The windsurfing shots are fantastic, the flashbacks are sometimes too long. I loved this move but it gave me the feeling that its strong is somehow shallow, and as such the movie could be 20 minutes shorter. Good acting, fantastic ocean shots.