Anissa Lotfi

A masterpiece of Tunisian theatre and arguably its most iconic production to date, Marshal Ammar has been performed over 300 times across Tunisia and remains deeply ingrained in popular culture, especially through its television broadcasts. The play tells the story of a wealthy yet uncultured man, Marshal Ammar, who desperately tries to bridge the gap between his social standing and the aristocracy. His misguided attempts to appear refined lead to a series of foolish decisions, resulting in comical and often farcical situations.

Dawn is breaking, a man is reading a letter, a fishing boat comes in from the open sea. A woman searches for a face in a crowded street. A woman gathers clothes, a girl looks for a response. An empty chair. The soft murmur of the waves.

The story of two girls. Saadia was raped after fierce resistance, which allowed her to take revenge by killing her attacker, but the village men's council felt she had been provocative and sentenced her to death. She is shot and the women of the village, transgressing the tradition, follow her funeral procession. As for Selma, who loved Hedi, she sees her father forcing her to marry another man. His lover comes back hastily but drowns. Became crazy, she succumbs in turn.

It's summer in Tunis. Hedi has just missed his baccalaureate for the third time. His father Houcine retired, but must give a last service to his boss Moncef: keep his villa while the latter spends his holidays in France, on the Côte d'Azur. Hedi, whose only desire is to leave the country, will, in spite of himself, follow his parents to the villa. He regains hope when he meets his neighbor Ramla, whom he falls in love with. But the arrival of his brother Raouf, a businessman who lives abroad, will make him discover a society in decomposition ...