Mohamed Ben Attia

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Mohamed Ben Attia

Born January 5, 1976 · Tunis, Tunisia (age 50)

Mohamed Ben Attia (born January 5, 1976; Tunis) is a Tunisian director and screenwriter. After various jobs in audiovisual post-production, he was finally hired for twelve years in a commercial position and prospecting at a car dealership in Tunis. Trained at the writing workshop Sud Écriture in Tunis, he began writing and directing several short fiction films, starting with Romantisme : deux com…

Known For

HediHedi · 2016
Hedi
6.72016
MovieDrama
Young Tunisian Hedi lives an ordered life in which he believes there can be no more surprises. His future will play out as other people have planned, until he meets a young woman named Rim at a hotel in Mahdia Hediand. An ostensibly personal story broadens into a panorama of a society in upheaval, an allegory about breaking away from traditions. And a film about the happiness and pain of freedom.
Dear SonDear Son · 2018
Dear Son
6.22018
MovieDrama
Extremism slices through a Tunisian family with the realization that their teenage son has become an ISIS fighter.
SalmaSalma · 2014
Salma
9.02014
MovieDrama
After the accidental death of her taxi-driver husband, Salma decides to become master of her own life by taking over his taxi. She comes up against the Kafkaesque procedures of Tunisian bureaucracy and the offhandedness of the insurance industry, but refuses to let go and is not intimidated by anything. With quiet determination, she also faces the conservatism of her in-laws who, under the pretext of morality, continue to dictate the way she should behave. In order to create a better future for her daughter but also for herself, Salma is locked in a daily struggle with the world around her.
AliAli
Ali
Movie
Shocked by the video of a woman who sets herself on fire, Ali, a young computer scientist, becomes a whistleblower to elicit empathy and rouse his stagnant society.
WaveWave · 2010
Wave
2010
MovieDrama
Over three periods of her life, a grandmother keeps repeating to her grandson the same apparently trivial story.
Like the OthersLike the Others · 2006
Like the Others
2006
MovieDrama
Between an unrewarding job and the daily routine visit to the cafe-shop for a water-pipe, K is eager to give up his condition of frustrated and introverted bachelor to seduce Chahra, the girl of his dreams. Through a series of very particular Chinese massages, he manages to shape his personality according to the ever-changing and whimsical demands of his entourage.
Behind the MountainsBehind the Mountains · 2024
Behind the Mountains
5.42024
MovieDrama
After spending four years in jail, Rafik has only one plan, take his son behind the mountains and show him his amazing discovery.
Loi 76Loi 76 · 2011
Loi 76
2011
MovieDrama
Can a law challenge a whole system and causes chaos? The testimonies of 4 characters make us discover the repercussions of this new law on their respective lives.

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