Wanderers of the Desert
The first of Nacer Khemir's highly-regarded Desert Trilogy that includes The Dove's Lost Necklace and Bab'Aziz - The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul. Khemir creates an exotic world with Wanderers of the Desert when a young teacher arrives to take over a village school isolated in the shimmering desert. Legendary figures materialize out of wells and the desert itself, groups of children hurry through a labyrinth of underground corridors, the teacher is whisked away to a mysterious rendezvous and never returns.
Starring Nacer Khemir, Soufiane Makni, Noureddine Kasbaoui, Sonia Ichti, Hedi Daoud, Hassen Khalsi, Abdelazim Abdelhack, Jamila Ourabi
Watch "Wanderers of the Desert" from streaming services Fandor, Fandor (Prime) released in 1984. It's a drama and mystery movie, and has a rating of 6.9 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie.