I See The Stars At Noon receives an excellent review in Germany's Junge Welt.

"The best documentary films are, of course, those which do not trust themselves. One of the best examples of this highly interesting theme...is I See the Stars at Noon  by Saeed Taji Farouky (Morocco / UK in 2004).

The film avoids the conventional pictures which usually illustrate the subject of unlawful migration in documentaries and feature films. 

It consists almost exclusively of discussions with its protagonist and shows, at the same time, a...justified mistrust of the laws of documentary films.

All the old ethical questions of the genre, around the degree of participation of the documentary filmmaker, are very specifically addressed.

No, the documentary film-maker is not objective...and not unconcerned."

© Peer Schmitt/Junge Welt 2006

back to latest news