Amine is a 45 years old artist, a painter whose creative drive is in crisis. While he is preparing for an exposition in the streets of Tunis, he comes across Nidal, a rebel teenager who impresses him. He decides therefore to follow him all the way to Essa¨da, in the outskirts of Tunis, where a high density of migrant populations from rural areas have settled. Nidal's father, an alcoholic makes things rough for his son who does not abey him, and who does not provide the family with money. Nidal has but one dream : to leave the country.

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Hichem Rostom, Chedli Bouziane, Myriam Amarouchene

a film by Mohamed ZRAN

Tunisia, 1996, feature fiction, 1h40, drama

Duration: 100' (1h40')
Type: fiction LM
Themes: poverty, painting, art, rural exodus, marginalization, crime
Year: 1996
Country: Tunisia
Version: arabic with subs

CAST
Hichem Rostom ________________ Amine
Chedli Bouziane (ou Chdli Bouzayen)________________Nidal
Myriam Amarouchene ________________
Faouzia Badr ________________
Khaled Ksouri ________________
Abdallah Mimoun ________________

Director: Mohamed Zran
Screenwriter: Mohamed Zran
Sound: Hechmi Joulak
Cinematographer: Jean-Claude Couty
Music: Les Colombes
Editing: Francis de Delemont
Assistant Directors: Mounir Baaziz, Moslah Kraiem

PRODUCTION
Sangho films

CONTACT
Atria 16 blvd Jules Ferry 75011 Paris
Tél. : 33.1.43.57.17.32
Fax.: 33.1.43.55.06.02

Release in Tunisia in 1996, with huge success
Release in France in 1998

Awards: more than 15 International Awards

* Nomination - Bayard d'Or du meilleur film francophone //// Festival international du film francophone de Namur 1996 (NAMUR, Belgium)