"The hands of the magician are faster than the eyes of the spectator."

- Abdelouahid El Hamri, aka Sinbad of the Straits



This private display of illusions in the courtyard Mr. El Hamri's house in Tangier includes the apparition of ping-pong balls and white doves, swallowing razor blades, and an attempt to reproduce his difficult trick "How to Make a Chicken Go to Sleep (El sueno de un gallo)."

Directed and filmed by Yto Barrada
with Abdelouahid El Hamri, aka Sinbad of the Straits
Edited by Benoît Rossel
Produced by Yto Barrada
with the support of Galerie Polaris