Tunisian Film Gets Best Arab Film Award
Good news related to Tunisian cinema...
The film which was directed and written by Jilani Saadi, a young Tunisian film maker, is an unsettling, gritty representation of urban life, exploring issues such as the "sexualization" of women, poverty, unemployment and aimlessness.
The film also received a number of distinctions at several festivals throughout the world, including a special distinction at the latest Carthage Film Festival.
The young Anissa Daoud starring in the film, plays the role of Aziza, a young prostitute who is gang raped by a group of outcasts. The other main role in the film, namely that of 'Stoufa', is played by Hassine Graya.
"Tender is the wolf" is not the only Tunisian film to take part in this festival. Nouri Bouzid' s post 9/11movie , "Making Of" was shown at the opening of the festival- a distinction in itself- eliciting much praise and sparking an intense debate.
[Source: Tunisie Online News]
So there's one other must-see Tunisian movie on my list...
Personally, I haven't had the chance to watch as much as I'd like of our Tunisian movies, just the more famous ones, and those I really liked.
So I'd be really grateful to whoever can suggest their favourite Tunisian movies for me to check out.
Which other Tunisian movies do you think are a must-see?
V for Vendetta Pr. Habiba Bouhamed Chaabouni Wins L'Oreal UNESCO Award International Amateur Film Festival in Tunisia Film Length Tunisian Physicist Wins 'Women in Science' AwardMy favourit movies "Samt el
9ousour"(Silence des palais) and "Mousem errjel"(La saison des hommes)
I like "Bent Familya" too
Posted by: pure_honey at October 30, 2007 09:57 PMMy favourit movies "Samt el
9ousour"(Silence des palais) and "Mousem errjel"(La saison des hommes)
I like "Bent Familya" too
Posted by: pure_honey at October 30, 2007 10:00 PMJ'ai vu le film, il n'est pas sorti à Tunis à ce que je sache.
L'histoire est assez belle, bien que légèrement naïve. La musique belle, et la nuit tunisoise très bien filmée.
Je pense que l'on aura rarement vu un film tunisien aussi abouti au niveau de l'image et de la lumière...
C'est un film à voir...
The latest movie that I realy like was 'VHS - Kahloucha'
This movie is smart and subtle for the way it depicts a social life of a poor neighborhood in a suburb of Sousse, and how the "5%" growth due to tourism has no economical impact on this suburb
Posted by: Anis at October 31, 2007 10:31 AMif you haven't seen "Poupées d'argile", try to. i don't know if there are DVDs of the film, but you can find any movie in Tunisia, so I hope it is the case for tunisian movies as well.
Posted by: MetallicNaddou at October 31, 2007 04:55 PM@Pure Honey: I saw "Samt El Qousour" and liked it; haven't seen the other two yet, although I've heard a lot about "Mawsel Errijel" which my wife watched and really liked.
@Xander: Thanks for the mini-review; I'll do my best to watch this movie.
@Anis: Yeah I liked that movie too, really nice.
@Naddou: I've heard about that movie, and I think they even put it on TV recently, but I missed it :( I'll try to check it out soon.
Posted by: MMM at November 2, 2007 11:04 AM