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Trances

1981Directed by Ahmed El MaanouniMorocco88 min

Trances (Arabic: الحال, romanized: al-ḥāl; French: Transes) is a 1981 documentary film about the influential Moroccan avant-pop band Nass El Ghiwane. It was shot, written, and directed by Ahmed El Maanouni.

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