TUNISIA – rarefilmm | The Cave of Forgotten Films

LA SAISON DES HOMMES (2000)

Jon W. — Sat, 18 Nov 2023 03:19:05 +0000

The Season of Men is the second feature film by Moufida Tlatli, one of the most important woman filmmakers in the Arab world. The film examines the changing roles of women of two different generations in a society torn between secularism and sharia, and their states of being a woman. Set on Djerba Island, where women live with their children and only see their husbands who work in Tunisia for one month a year, the film takes place in a feminine world away from men. With its delicately woven story, epic narrative, powerful cinematography and characters, The Season of Men is a touching and delightful film about women who want to live as they wish, and not according to the rules of society.

Moufida Tlatli’s second feature looks at an intergenerational group of women on Djerba Island, isolated from both broader Tunisian society and, moreover, from men who, for work, live away in Tunis for 11 months out of the year. Aïcha, who married young, wishes to follow her husband to the mainland, but first he decrees that she must bear him a son. Shifting between past and present, Tlatli examines the pains, frustrations, and joys of the women living in-between two worlds.

Director: Moufida Tlatli. AKA The Season of Men.
Writers: Nouri Bouzid, Moufida Tlatli.
Stars: Rabiah Ben-Abdullah, Sabah Bouzouita, Ghalia Benali, Hind Sabri, Ezzedine Gannoun, Mouna Noureddine, Azza Baaziz, Lilia Falkat, Adel Hergal, Houyem Rassaa, Kaouther Belhaj, Néjib Belkadhi, Jamel Madani, Sadok Boutouria, Zakia Ben Ayed, Meherzia Ben Nasser, Ikram Azouz, Ahmed Hafiane, Ali Khemiri, Leila Chebbi, Wajiha Jendoubi, Habiba Soussi, Khaled Gheffed, Chedly Ben Messaoud, Tarek Zammouri, Hatem Maroub, Brahim Saidi, Gueith Barkallah, Sabrine Ben Jeddy, Rami Anane, Jalila Farjalla.
Cinematographer: Youssef Ben Youssef.
Composer: Anouar Brahem.

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HARB EL KHALIJ… WA BAAD (1991)

Jon W. — Tue, 16 May 2023 10:39:22 +0000

In the early 1990s, five leading Arab film directors were asked to create a short work that expressed their thoughts and feelings about the first Gulf War and its impact on Arab people, culture and intellectual thought. The Gulf War, What Next? is the revealing and rewarding feature-length collection of these five impressive short works.

Borhane Alaouié’s Black Night Eclipse follows a Lebanese filmmaker (living in Paris) as he grapples with what thematic approach to take in making a film about the war.

Nouri Bouzid’s It Is Sherherazade They’re Killing is about an Arab family gathering in Tunis during Ramadan, torn apart over dissension about the heroes and victims of the war.

Mustapha Darkaoui’s The Silence follows a film and theater production group as they are increasingly distracted from their current project by the desire to revisit Iraq and film the changes wrought in the decade since their last trip.

Néjia Ben Mabrouk’s Research of Shaima follows the filmmaker as she travels to Baghdad in search of a girl whose face she has seen on television, only to find the inevitable personal tragedy caused by the destruction of war.

In Homage by Assassination from director Elia Suleiman, we find a Palestinian screenwriter in New York City who becomes increasingly distraught over news of the Gulf War as he struggles to finish a script.

Directors: Borhane Alaouié, Néjia Ben Mabrouk, Nouri Bouzid, Mostafa Derkaoui, Elia Suleiman.
Writers: Borhane Alaouié, Néjia Ben Mabrouk, Nouri Bouzid, Mostafa Derkaoui, Elia Suleiman.
Stars: Najate Atabou, Raouf Ben Amor, Mostafa Derkaoui, Touria Hadraoui, Touria Jabrane, Mohamed Kalach, Ghalia Lansari, Fatima Loukili, Abdelaziz Meherzi, Wafa Salem, Jamel Sassi, Elia Suleiman.
Cinematographers: Daniel Bougard, Chedli Chaouachi, Juan Cristóbal Cobo, Abdelkrim Derkaoui.

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SATIN ROUGE (2002)

Jon W. — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 09:01:51 +0000

After the death of her husband, Lilia’s life revolves solely around her teenage daughter, Salma. Whilst looking for Salma late one night, Lilia stumbles upon a belly dance cabaret and though initially reserved and taken aback by the culture of the place, Lilia gets consistently drawn back to it. She befriends one of the belly dancers and is encouraged into dancing for the audience. Lilia also starts a romance with one of the cabaret’s musicians, who unbeknown to both of them, is also romancing Salma.

Director: Raja Amari. AKA Red Satin.
Writer: Raja Amari.
Stars: Hiam Abbass, Maher Kamoun, Hend El Fahem, Monia Hichri, Faouzia Badr, Nadra Lamloum, Abou Moez El Fazaa, Salah Miled.
Cinematographer: Diane Baratier.
Composer: Nawfel El Manaa.

TUNISIA – rarefilmm | The Cave of Forgotten Films

LA SAISON DES HOMMES (2000)

HARB EL KHALIJ… WA BAAD (1991)

SATIN ROUGE (2002)

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