La saison des hommes - Maussim al-riyal

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Atmospheric drama about a young wife who must bear her husband a child if she ever wishes to escape the island of Djerba and join him in Tunis.

Festivals & awards

IMA Grand Prix Paris Best Script, Cologne

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Original TitleLa saison des hommes - Maussim al-riyal
TitleLa saison des hommes - Maussim al-riyal
Directed byMoufida Tlatli
CountryTunisia
Year2000
ScreenplayMoufida Tlatli, Nouri Bouzid
Film EditingIsabelle Devinck, Claire Le Villain, Naama Mejri, Marie Liot
SoundtrackAnouar Brahem
CinematographyYoussef Ben Youssef
SoundFaouzi Thabet
CostumesNadia Anane, Naama Mejri
Production Design
ProductionDora Bouchoucha Fourati
Formats35mm, DVD
RuntimeNone min.
LanguageArabisch, Französisch/d/f
CastRabia Ben Abdallah, Sabah Bouzouita, Ghalia Benali, Hend Sabri, Ezzedine Gannoun, Mouna Noureddine, Adel Hergal, Houyem Rassaa, Kaouther Bel Haj Ali

Credits

Original TitleLa saison des hommes - Maussim al-riyal
TitleLa saison des hommes - Maussim al-riyal
Directed byMoufida Tlatli
CountryTunisia
Year2000
ScreenplayMoufida Tlatli, Nouri Bouzid
Film EditingIsabelle Devinck, Claire Le Villain, Naama Mejri, Marie Liot
SoundtrackAnouar Brahem
CinematographyYoussef Ben Youssef
SoundFaouzi Thabet
CostumesNadia Anane, Naama Mejri
Production Design
ProductionDora Bouchoucha Fourati
Formats35mm, DVD
RuntimeNone min.
LanguageArabisch, Französisch/d/f
CastRabia Ben Abdallah, Sabah Bouzouita, Ghalia Benali, Hend Sabri, Ezzedine Gannoun, Mouna Noureddine, Adel Hergal, Houyem Rassaa, Kaouther Bel Haj Ali

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"Moufida Tlatli schildert einfühlsam die Lebensbedingungen von drei Generationen Musliminnen."
TR 7

"Ein mutiger, kühner, sensibler Film. Moufida Tlatli beobachtet die grossen Leiden und die kleinen Freuden der Frauen mit Zärtlichkeit. Sie ist eine Kämpferin, das ist sicher, aber auch eine Filmkünstlerin. Das spürt man in jedem Moment."
Télérama

"Tlatli interleaves the past and present as naturally as the verses of a song, with a narrative mastery that she makes look easy."
Peter Bradshaw