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Close encounters in the Atlas mountains: Sofia Alaoui on her haunting debut Animalia

Sofia Alaoui tells us about her enigmatic first feature, in which a pregnant woman’s journey across Morocco becomes a meditation on class, belonging and the mysteries of existence, as strange cosmic forces unsettle the world around her.

By Elhum Shakerifar

Close encounters in the Atlas mountains: Sofia Alaoui on her haunting debut Animalia