Aicha, a Tunisian mother gifted with prophetic dreams, lives in the isolated north of Tunisia with her husband Brahim and young son Adam. The family lives in anguish after the departure of the eldest sons Mehdi and Amine to the violent embrace of war. Months later, Mehdi unexpectedly returns home...
The story of a blind dervish named Bab'Aziz and his spirited granddaughter, Ishtar. Together they wander the desert in search of a great reunion of dervishes that takes place just once every thirty years. With faith as their only guide, the two journey for days through the expansive, barren...
Set amongst derelict, half-finished apartment complexes of a former regime, the discovery of a mysterious burnt body by two police officers reveals a puzzling repetition of events. As the investigation progresses, a network of violence and corruption is uncovered throughout the city.
In the arid Tunisian village of Bizerte, Khorma -- with his blonde-red hair and quirky habits -- is the town's kindly joke. His guardian is Bou Khaleb, the official announcer of births, deaths, and marriages. When the Bou mistakenly announces the death of a woman rather than her daughter's...
Alyssa, a rebellious 19 year-old girl, and her friend Mehdi — a shy and introverted 23-year-old young man — who use their imagination to escape their unpromising reality. When they discover a contest in the south of Tunisia that may allow them to flee for real, they decide to undertake the...
Mohamed is a hardened shepherd living in rural Tunisia with his wife and two sons. Mohamed is deeply shaken when his oldest son Malik returns home after a long journey with a mysterious new wife. Tension between father and son rises over three days until reaching a breaking point.
In the Arab Muslim Tunisia, the film narrates the journey of a religious extremist who escapes from security forces and seeks shelter in the home of a prostitute who helps him deal with the situation despite their conflicting mindsets.
While Mehdi is torn between his secret gay affair and the perspective of getting married, his sister Hind struggles to face her present and to reveal the secrets of her past kept in the dark.
In Tunisia, Marie, a 40-year-old Ivorian journalist and pastor, helps vulnerable women like Nané, a worker without her passport, and Jolie, an artist pressured to return home, as they navigate rising tensions and difficult choices with resourcefulness and humour.
Andrea Licari, a Tunisian of Italian descent now 60 years of age, has become an accomplished author, college professor and a leading thinker in Rome. Today, Andrea finds himself facing the most challenging time of his life.
The journey of three women of different ages and conditions in the midst of the turbulence of the summer of 2013. These three imaginary stories draw their reference from prototypes of more or less known women who participated in the Bardo sit-in, will be treated as a fiction against a backdrop of...
Film adapted from the original work of Abdeljabbar Eleuch “The events of the strange city”. One night, in a Tunis plunged into the socio-economic crisis, a bar is open: the Universe. Customers quietly drink their beers. Salah, a regular, tries to get up from his chair but can't. From there, the...
A young boy escapes his failing body and isolated life by traveling in his dreams. When his step-father urges his mother to stop caring so much, both mother and son take an important and life-changing step.
A winter night. A crucial game. Two countries compete for the only qualifying ticket for the FIFA World Cup. A man is driving his car through deserted streets. Two policemen on patrol are following the game on their car radio, until the transmission is interrupted.
