Un divan à Tunis / Arab Blues
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Un divan à Tunis / Arab Blues

by Manele Labidi

Secondary title
Arab Blues
Country / Year
France, Tunisia / 2019
Duration
88 Min.
Languages
French
Arabic
Subtitles
GermanGerman
Genre
Comedy
Direction
Manele Labidi
Cast
Golshifteh Farahani,
Majd Mastoura,
Aïcha Ben Miled,
Feriel Chamari,
Hichem Yacoubi

After the Tunisian revolution, psychotherapist Selma returns to Tunis from France to open her own practice. But both her neurotic family and the authorities make life difficult for her. Without further ado, Selma decides to receive patients at her apartment, because even if no one wants to admit it, the people's need to talk is obviously great. With witty lightness, director Manele Labidi addresses the deep traumas that Ben Ali's dictatorship has left on the people of Tunisia and captures the different voices of a country in upheaval with wonderfully funny dialogues.

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