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Kanopy
69
54
6.3
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66
/200/
61
/240/
3.1
/8994/
92
/13/
70
/5/

Arab Blues (2020)
Selma, a psychoanalyst, deals with a cast of colorful new patients after returning home to Tunisia to open a practice.
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76
53
7.8
/4496/
77
/126/
77
/231/
4.0
/12025/
72
/3/

What the Day Owes the Night (2012)
Algeria, the 1930s. Younes is nine years old when he is put in his uncle's care in Oran. Rebaptized Jonas, he grows up among the Rio Salado youths, with whom he becomes friends. Emilie is one of the gang; everyone is in love with her. A great love story develops between Jonas and Emilie, which is soon unsettled by the conflicts troubling the country.
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Kanopy
65
40
6.7
/2310/
62
/67/
63
/59/
3.4
/1018/

Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces (1990)
Twelve-year-old Noura dangles uncertainly in that difficult netherworld between childhood and adulthood. His growing libido has gotten him banned from the women's baths, where his mother took him when he was younger, but he's not yet old enough to participate in grown-up discussions with the men of his Tunisian village. Noura's only real friend is a troublemaker named Salih -- the village political outcast.
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Kanopy
62
24
6.3
/973/
67
/22/
61
/27/
3.6
/1091/
52
/5/

A Summer in La Goulette (1996)
Summer, 1967. La Goulette, the touristic beach of Tunisi, is the site where three nice seventeen-year-old girls live: Gigi, sicilian and catholic; Meriem, Tunisian and Arab; Tina, French and Jewish. They would like to have their first sexual experience during that summer, challenging their families. Their fathers, Youssef, Jojo and Giuseppe, are old friends and their friendship will be in crisis because of the girls, while Hadj, an old rich Arab, would like to marry Meriem.
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60
15
6.5
/483/
54
/13/
57
/15/
3.3
/607/

Noura's Dream (2019)
With her abusive husband in jail and a coveted divorce pending, hardworking Noura can almost grasp a happy, new life with lover Lassaad — but when the best-laid plans are upended, Noura must tap her unshakable will to fulfill her dream.
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61
9
6.3
/166/
62
/7/
55
/11/
3.2
/319/

How Kids Roll (2024)
In the midst of the war in Gaza during the Second Intifada in 2003, two 12-year-old boys, one Palestinian and one Israeli, along with a former surfing champion, form a friendship united by the love of water and learn from each other.
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10
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Les Zazous de La Vague (1992)
In Tunis, Fethi, a pretty face like Brando, and his friend Bannour, naive and shy, are employed in the pastry shop of the Italian Madame Rita. Their only concern is picking up Souad and her cousin Latifa in their convertible to take them for a ride "on the Wave side".
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8.1
/12/

Paroles d'hommes (2004)
This film tells the tragicomic destiny of three friends. The same age, they are all three of humble origins. The story begins in the 1970s in Nafta and evokes their childhood.
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7.8
/13/

Dirty Laundry (2010)
Quiet Si Radji gets an idea when his screaming and unpleasant wife falls down from the balcony and sprain her foot. He will set up traps...
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7.6
/101/
45
/2/
50
/4/

Honey and Ashes (1998)
Set against the vibrant backdrop of contemporary North Africa, this drama follows three women as they navigate the complex interplay between tradition and modernity. Each woman, driven by her own desires for success and meaningful relationships, faces societal pressures and cultural constraints that test their resolve. As their lives unexpectedly intersect, they reveal the shared struggles and resilience needed to overcome the obstacles placed in their path.
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7.5
/34/

The Gulf War... What Next? (1993)
The second Gulf War from 1990 to 1991 represents in the collective Arab memory a turning point in regards to the Arab nationalism’s self-perception as well as a moment of deep historical and existential insecurity. Five Arab directors discuss the events from their personal perspective.
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7.8
/26/
10
/2/

The Guest (2017)
Even though he's been living with Fouad for three years, Malik is going to marry Halima. Since Fouad doesn't accept this marriage, which would imply a total upheaval of their everyday life, Malik makes him promise not to attend the wedding, which will take place in his parents’ village. As the ceremony approaches, the pressure builds. Will Malik choose to save face in front of his family and the wedding guests or will he choose to save the relationship with the one he loves?
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Kanopy
50
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6.1
/161/
46
/3/
39
/8/

Bezness (1992)
Fred, a photographer, is in Tunisia to report on the « Bezness » (male prostitutes). Thanks to Roufa, Fred will discover this surprising environment where young men are confronted with the contradictions between tradition and modernity.
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Pomme d'amour (2021)
In an imaginary and fantastic world approaching the setting of Paradise, we witness the unfolding of the trial of Adam and Eve following the theft of an apple. Within the court, comedy takes its place by adopting current ambiguities in the context mentioned. And finally, the verdict is delivered to the surprise of the accused
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Why me?
The Tunisian short film "Pourquoi moi?" (علاش أنا؟), written and directed by Amine Chiboub, is a 13-minute social comedy produced in 2011 by Atlas Vision. Presented in Arabic with French subtitles, the film ironically explores how bad moods spread in an urban environment.
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Mimesis
Bouchra, raised in a mausoleum dedicated to the saint Sidi Sardi, is confronted by a hostile imam who wants to turn her family home into a mosque. Her life is turned upside down when she meets Ahmed, a cameraman willing to help her make a film about the saint. This project plunges her into a captivating investigation, a saga through Tunisia and the 20th Century, that will shake her deeply-rooted beliefs. An initiation to love, myths and cinema.
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Kelmat Rjal (2004)
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