Cineuropa: The film is set in 2011, the year of the Tunisian revolution. How does this film fit into Tunisia’s current political situation? Mehdi M Barsaoui: I would say that the family portrayed in ...

Dir/scr: Mehdi M. Barsaoui. Tunisia/France/Italy /Saudi Arabia/Qatar. 2024. 123 mins. What would you do if you were given the opportunity for another life, a clean slate – especially if your own was ...

A stunning debut and a piercing experience, Mehdi Barsaoui’s Tunisian drama “A Son” stands soundly on its own while recollecting the work of acclaimed auteurs like Iranian director Asghar Farhadi.

Le deuxième long métrage de Mehdi Barsaoui suit le douloureux parcours émancipateur d’une jeune femme qui simule sa mort pour renaître. En n’y parvenant que partiellement. Car si Aïcha, qui signifie ...

Written by the director, the script centres on Aya who is stuck in a dull life with no prospects in Tozeur, in southern Tunisia. The sole survivor of an accident, she decides to disappear and reinvent ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Paris-based company The Party Film Sales has boarded international rights to “Aicha,” Mehdi M. Barsaoui’s follow-up to the ...

Tunisian director Mehdi M. Barsaoui's intense family drama 'A Son' stars French-Tunisian actor Sami Bouajila (Cannes best actor winner for 'Indigenes') as a father whose son has been gunned down by ...

The Arab Cinema Center (ACC) has announced the nominations for the 9th Critics Awards for Arab Films, the ceremony which will take place on the fringes of the Cannes Film Festival in May. Four films ...

Devil Wears Prada 2, starring Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt stayed in first place in the box office this weekend despite Mortal Kombat II debuting. New movies in theaters – Mortal Kombat ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A stunning debut and a piercing experience, Mehdi Barsaoui’s Tunisian drama “A Son” stands soundly on its own while recollecting ...

Paris-based company The Party Film Sales has boarded international rights to “Aicha,” Mehdi M. Barsaoui’s follow-up to the Venice-premiering “A Son,” and “Transamazonia” by Pia Marais (“Layla Fourie”) ...