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Unaware of the evil lurking around her, Farah makes the trip to the family farm to visit her uncle Rachid who has suddenly become very sick. Being that her uncle is her only surviving family, Farah plans to convince Rachid to return to the city with her so she can take care of him. But upon her arrival to the farm, she begins to experience unsettling psychic visions and a series of events with mysterious circumstances which pushes her to reconsider all of her plans and ultimately face her destiny.
In the 70s, a communist-leaning movement was outlawed, and its activists were detained. In order to be freed, the authorities asked the detainees to apologize to the president. They declined, but one changes his mind.
Super Tounsi is a hilarious comedy that features Othmen, a charismatic superhero who, on his deathbed, transmits his incredible powers to Sliman, an ordinary individual constantly consumed by fear. This occasional hero discovers new confidence by confronting his own fears, but he quickly realizes that his mission goes far beyond his own destiny. Confronted with an evil psychopath, our national hero will try to foil his Machiavellian plan in order to save Tunisia. Between the epic battle scenes and the comical situations arising from Sliman's blunders, the film celebrates the idea that even the unlikeliest hero can stand up to defend what is right.
Dali and Mariem are impatiently awaiting the arrival of their first child. On the day of delivery, the doctor tells them that the baby has a rare characteristic. Upset by this news and confronted with his demons, Dali is no longer able to play his role with Mariem and their child.
Ali is a young Tunisian who dreams of a better life and ekes out a lonely existence selling contraband oil on the black market. When his father dies, he is forced to care for his two younger sisters who have been left to their own devices in a house from which they will soon be evicted. As he wrestles with the sudden weight of responsibility and the injustices he faces, anger and indignation stir within Ali – that of a generation still fighting to be heard more than a decade after the revolution…
Set in May 2004. Tunisia is full of excitement: it is the Arab summit. In this frantic and burlesque atmosphere, an electrician, a choreographer, a sick man, and a professional mourner cross paths without ever really meeting, striving to deal with their personal problems.
"Together with Jean-Pierre we've produced 'Fatwa', from Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud, a Tunesian living in Belgium. The film tells the story of a father who returns to Tunesia to bury his son who died from an apparent suicide. The scenario had repeatedly been rejected by some French producers because the film supposedly stated that the murderers are among us. Mahmoud, who knows a lot about Muslim culture and knew the Muslim recruiters who are at the origin of Sharia4Belgium, said to me: "That's crazy, they don't understand what's happening." And that was in 2008." (Luc Dardenne)
The events revolve around Ali Bin Al-Bashir Al-Saghir, better known as Ali Chwereb, and shed light on that historical, political, and social stage in Tunisia.
It takes place in the presidential palace and revolves around the president, his family and members of the government in sarcastic situations that reveal the political behind-the-scenes of the fictional great "Al-Baramakli" state.
