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Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
An 18 year old on the island Djerba, Aicha, is married to Said, who works in Tunis for much of the year. Aicha breaks with tradition and decides to join Said in Tunis, weaving rugs to make money. Said asks that she give him a son, so Aicha lives under the rule of her mother-in-law.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes80%
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
9 audience votes
Key crew
- Moufida TlatliDirector
- Nouri BouzidWriter
- Moufida TlatliWriter
- Anouar BrahemOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Rabia Ben AbdallahAicha
- Sabah BouzouitaZeineb
- Ghalia Ben AliMeriem
- Hend SabryEmna
- Ezzedine GannounSaid
- Mouna NoureddineMatriarch
- Azza BaazizMeriem as a child
- Lilia FalkatEmna as a child
- Adel HergalAziz
- Houyem RassaaZohra
- Kaouther BelhajFatma
- Néjib BelkadhiSami
Stills
Themes
woman director