Country: Netherlands
Year: 1999
Duration: 90'
Wahid and his daughter Soufiya return to Tunisia after a long stay in western Africa. Soufiya's mother is French, but the two were separated ten years earlier after her father committed a crime, and the girl finds herself suddenly immersed in her African heritage. Her father would like to transform Soufiya into a real Tunisian, a true daughter of their land. But the country has changed a lot during their absence and Wahid soon finds himself facing dishonest and disloyal behavior. Soufiya, feeling herself caged in, wants her mother. And so a long and difficult trip leading to a reconciliation between her parents is begun. She will manage to have her diversity be accepted within Tunisian society, even though she hasn't overcome her own prejudices towards blacks and non-Muslims.
Biography
film director
Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud
Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud (Tunis, 1947) graduated in Journalism, Art History and Archaeology in Brussels. After this, he attended INSAS courses for producers. After completing a number of shorts, he made his feature-film debut with Traversées, which won several international awards. His sequel Chich-Khan was presented at the 1991 Cannes Festival di Cannes in "La Quinzaine des Réalisaterus" section. Prior to Les Siestes grenadine he had made a number of documentaries.
FILMOGRAFIA
Escurial (cm, 1967), Les vieux (cm, 1970), Comic Strip (cm, 1970), Traversées (1982), Chich-Khan (1991), Italiani dell'altra riva (doc., 1993), Anastasia de Bizerte (doc., 1996), Albert Samam Chikli (doc., 1996), Ennejma Ezzahraa (doc., 1998), Les Siestes grenadine (1999).
Cast
& Credits
Director and screenplay: Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud.
Dialogues: Maryse Léon Garcia, Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud, Monchef Dhouib.
Director of photography: Gilberto Azevedo.
Art director: Taieb Jellouli.
Sound: Faouzi Thabet.
Editor: Karine Pourtaud, Arbi Ben Ali, Kathena Attia Riveill.
Cast and characters: Yasmine Bahri (Soufiya Haydar), Hicham Rostom (Wahid Haydar), Loubna Azabaal (Mabrouka).
Produttori: Hassen Daldoul, Véronique Marit.
Production company: Touza Productions, 81 rue Réaumur, 75002 Paris, France, tel. +33-1-44790431, fax +33-1-42470288.
Dialogues: Maryse Léon Garcia, Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud, Monchef Dhouib.
Director of photography: Gilberto Azevedo.
Art director: Taieb Jellouli.
Sound: Faouzi Thabet.
Editor: Karine Pourtaud, Arbi Ben Ali, Kathena Attia Riveill.
Cast and characters: Yasmine Bahri (Soufiya Haydar), Hicham Rostom (Wahid Haydar), Loubna Azabaal (Mabrouka).
Produttori: Hassen Daldoul, Véronique Marit.
Production company: Touza Productions, 81 rue Réaumur, 75002 Paris, France, tel. +33-1-44790431, fax +33-1-42470288.
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