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Director: Khaled Ghorbal
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From Time Out Film Guide
After Fatma, aged 17, is assaulted by her cousin, off-camera in the opening scenes, writer/director Ghorbal explores the implications of rape in modern Tunisian society. Pressured into angry silence, Fatma (Jendoubi) goes on to study at Tunis University (not without a struggle) and then teaches in a village primary school, where she meets a young doctor. Their marriage is to prove her entrance into the educated middle-classes. Ghorbal places emphasis on modernity and liberality to highlight the universal pertinence of this deep, often hidden social problem, ably dramatising the selfishness and self-serving which sexism allows. Though the script is schematic, the performances and direction are lucid, balanced and effective.Author: WH
Cast & crew
Director: Khaled Ghorbal
Producer: Lofti Layouni, Francine Jean-Baptiste
Cast: Awatef Jendoubi, Nabila Guider, Bagdadi Aoum, Amel Afta full cast
Duration: 124 mins
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