"Tarik El Hob" -- The Road To Love, is the tale of the awakening of Karim, a French-Algerian college student who undertakes a project for his sociology class only to discover a truer understanding of himself.
The project is a film that explores the experiences of gay Arabic men who have immigrated to France from nothern Africa. When Karim begins his project, he is living with Sehim, his girlfriend. During the project, he meets Farid, a gay Moroccan. In time his devotion to Farid surpasses and surplants Sehim. After Sehim leaves him to pursue his new infatuation, Farid takes him to Morocco on a weeklong vacation. It's seven days that transforms his life.
The film is played out with restrained sincerity. It's production values dabble with the amateur set time and again. Forget this and allow the characters to enter your heart and you'll find this film interesting. If you're gay, of a certain age (30-60) you'll related to Karim's dilemma.
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