A man’s home is his castle, but that’s men for you — making everything a bit bigger than it is. Maria Angeles’ home is just her home, and she treasures its cozy modesty. A sun-strewn apartment in Tangier’s lively, diverse historic center, she’s spent 40 years making it meticulously and characterfully her own, from the effusively scarlet geraniums on her balcony to the long-seasoned wooden spoons in her kitchen. Though she’s a bit lonely in widowhood, the flat’s sunset-hued, picture-covered walls give her comfort and a kind of company, something Maria Angeles’ self-oriented daughter doesn’t understand. But “ Calle Malaga ” does. Maryam Touzani ‘s gentle, toasty-warm later-life drama is an ode to the physical spaces that sustain us, and quite winning as such.

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