The read
It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
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…
Ratings
Rotten Tomatoes94%
Metacritic80/100
TMDB6.8/10
37 audience votes
Key crew
- Lotfy NathanDirector
- Lotfy NathanWriter
- Eli KeszlerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Adam BessaAli Hamdi
- Najib AllaguiOmar
- Salima MaatougAlyssa Hamdi
- Ikbal HarbiSarra Hamdi
- Khaled BrahemSkander Hamdi
- Hsouna HeniPetrol distributor
- Jamel MadaniHomeless man
- Mohamed OuniBar owner
- Elyes RiahiGerman emigrant
- Mohamed NsibiBar customer
- Khaled BarsaouiContra driver
- Moez HannachiImam