S, a young Tunisian soldier, is told that his mother has died, and given a week’s leave. But when the week’s up he doesn’t return to his base in the desert, instead locking himself away in his parents’ house. This passive form of desertion culminates in a manhunt through the outskirts of the city. In the second part of this hypnotic diptych, a young woman, F, is also fleeing an oppressive situation. She is married to a rich man and is pining away in solitude in his luxury villa. When she finds that she’s pregnant, she flees the golden cage and disappears into the nearby woods, where she comes across a now very wild S.
In his second feature, director Ala Eddine Slim presents an intriguing juxtaposition of raw realism with a hypnotic allegory of contemporary Tunisia, held together by an intense, grating soundtrack.
Film details
Productielanden
France, Tunisia
Jaar
2019
Festivaleditie
IFFR 2020
Lengte
120'
Medium/Formaat
DCP
Taal
Arabic
Première status
None
Director
Ala Eddine Slim
Producer
Juliette Lepoutre, Ali Hassouna
Screenplay
Ala Eddine Slim
Editing
Ala Eddine Slim
Cinematography
Amine Messadi
Production design
Malek Gnaoui
Sound design
Moncef Taleb
Production company
Still Moving, Exit Productions
Sales / World rights holder
Be For Films
Music
Oiseaux-Tempête
Principal cast
Abdullah Miniawy, Souhir Ben Amara, Khaled Ben Aissa