The Unknown Saint

IMDb link: 10077998
IMDb rating: 6.5 (1,723 votes)
Genres: Comedy, Crime
Director: Alaa Eddine Aljem
Cast: Younes Bouab, Salah Ben Saleh, Bouchaib Semmak, Mohammed Nouaimane and others

Release date: 1 Jan 2020
Release year: 2019
Runtime: 100 minutes
Country: Morocco, France, Qatar
Keywords: morocco, desert, western sahara, buried loot, loot buried in grave, engine failure, police arrest, release from jail, thief, mausoleum

Plot:

Moments before his capture by police, a thief digs a grave to hide a bag of money. Released from prison years later, he returns to retrieve the bag, only to find a shrine to an unknown Saint built directly over his loot, and a brand new village constructed all around it.

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