Films · Haven Nº 002 · Marrakech
La Mamounia : le film
À dix minutes à pied de la place la plus bruyante de Marrakech, derrière un rempart du XIIe siècle, le bruit le plus fort est celui d’une fontaine. Une journée à La Mamounia, du petit-déjeuner au bord de l’eau au dernier verre du Churchill, et la chambre à demander.
Un film de 67 secondes, fait avec les images du lieu.
Ce que dit la voix
Le film est en anglais, sous-titré en anglais.
Winston Churchill chased the light here, from balcony to balcony.
He was painting it. You'll only need one balcony.
This is La Mamounia. Here's which side to ask for.
Some balconies face the Koutoubia minaret. Others face the gardens.
Ask for the gardens. Here's what your balcony gets.
Mornings, birdsong, and two-hundred-year-old olive trees under your balcony.
Breakfast is poolside, at the Pavillon, under the palms.
Late afternoon, the light goes soft. That's your hour to walk the gardens.
Orange trees, palm trees, cactus. And three riads hidden in the middle, each with its own heated pool.
Then the sun drops behind the palms.
This is the light he came for.
After dark, dinner moves to the Lanternes, tents by the pool.
Ask for a garden-side room with a balcony. Come in winter, like he did.
From the airport, it's a ten-minute drive.
Churchill needed every balcony. You'll need one.