Issa Harath

Zeineb, Elyssa and Houssine, a trio unlikely to ever meet, see their fates cross paths on the night of January 14, the historic date when Ben Ali fled and the Tunisian revolution transformed the face of the nation. The individual lives of these three characters represent the frustrations, challenges, hopes and dreams of the entire country, with their tragic encounter proving to be one that will bind them together for life.

Larger-than-life characters populate director Nejib Belkadhi’s spellbinding combination of film noir and magic realism, which follows a downtrodden orphan — now grown but still saddled with a cruel nickname — who has a reversal of fortune and takes on the thugs who control his ghetto.

Mai 2004. Tunis en ébullition : c’est le Sommet Arabe. Dans cette atmosphère frénétique et burlesque, nos personnages se croisent sans jamais vraiment se rencontrer, s'efforçant de résoudre leurs problèmes personnels. Le Sommet Arabe est une réussite, les discours grandiloquents envahissent la ville pendant que nos personnages, se démènent pour survivre.