Country: Tunisia
Year: 2023
Duration: 115'
A young Tunisian couple is faced with a crucial decision after the birth of their intersex child.
They have three days to decide the child’s gender.
Biography
film director
Abdelhamid Bouchnack
(Tunisi, 1984) studied at the Higher School of Science and Technology of Design in Tunis (ESAC) in Gammarth. Then he attended the University of Montreal and graduated with a degree in film studies. In 2018, he directed his maiden feature film, Dachra, a horror film. The film received critical acclaim and later selected at the International Critics’ Week of the Venice Film Festival. In 2024 he directed the delicate drama The Needle.
FILMOGRAFIA
Khousa (cm, 2010), Hethoukom (20 ep, serie tv, 2016), Quadiman Kerkouane (mm, 2017), Dachra (2018), Le Bonbon (cm, 2019), Nouba (50 ep., serie tv, 2019), Fartattou el thahab (2021), Ken Ya Makenech (30 ep., serie tv, 2021-2022), L’aiguille (2024), Ragouj (18 ep., serie tv, 2024).
Declaration
film director
“The subject of ‘intersex’ children is one of the most delicate subjects in Arab and Tunisian society in particular. Until 2023, Tunisia which presents itself as a modern and advanced arab country with regard to personal freedoms, is unfortunately not so with regard to the subject of intersex children. In 2023, no legislation protects these children from possible mutilation committed voluntarily by the parents. Parents guided either by medical or religious advice, but above all by the pressure of a society that only sees these children as a curse. A society that still cannot accept its diversity. Having an intersex child in Tunisia is a shame for most parents.”
Cast
& Credits
DIRECTOR, SCREENPLAY: Abdelhamid Bouchnack. CINEMATOGRAPHY: Hatem Nechi. PRODUCTION DESIGN: Fatma Madani. COSTUME DESIGN: Imen Guassouma. MUSIC: Hamza Bouchnak. SOUND: Yazid Chebbi, Nassim Ben Rahouma. CAST: Fatma Sfarr, Bilel Slatina, Jamel Madani, Sabah Bouzouita. PRODUCTION: Hamza Bouchnak, Faisal Baltyuor per Shkoon Production.
CONTACT: Cinewaves Films (Marwan Elshafie) m.elshafie@cinewavesfilms.com
