CAST:
Amed Hedhili,
Hend Sabri,
Najia Oureghi,
Ghalia Lacroix

SCRIPT:
Moufida Tlatli

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Youssef Ben Youssef

Synopsis:
Twenty-five year old Alia is fed up with singing at weddings. When she gets humiliated at yet another wedding she expresses her disappointment with her life and quietly protests against Lofti, a man that does not want to marry her or let her have a baby even though they have lived together for the last ten years. When Alia receives news of Sid Ali’s death, she returns to her past and decides to look for her father, whom she has never met.

Festivals, awards: Cannes (jury’s special award, award Golden camera), Carthage (golden diploma), Chicago (best debutant), Toronto (critics’ award)

Director’s statement:
What always shocks me the most is the silence deeply rooted in women in the Muslim and Arabian world. They grow up full of doubt about their own survival and past.

35 mm, color, 128 min