Printemps tunisien

Printemps tunisien

2014 · 92 min · ★ 6.0 · Drama, TV Movie

Tunis, winter 2010, a few weeks before the fall of Ben Ali. Loyal friends Fathi, Moha, and Walid stick together to try to survive in a society ruled by corruption, fear, and injustice. Moha, the eldest and a talented musician, destroys himself with alcohol out of rage at not being able to make it big, secretly dreaming of a clandestine passage to Lampedusa. Walid, a smooth talker and handsome guy, is skilled at taking advantage of a system that disgusts him. Fathi, the youngest and most idealistic, naively hopes to get a teaching job through competitive examination and has just fallen in love with the pretty Noura, a liberated young woman who flirts with cyber-dissidence. Then, in a deprived provincial town, the suicide by fire of a young vegetable seller sets Tunisia ablaze. Each of them will see their lives turned upside down in the turmoil of this end of an era...

Directed by Raja Amari · Written by Omar Ladgham

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Bilel Briki Fathi
Anissa Daoud Noura
Bahram Aloui Walid
Hichem Yacoubi Moha
Baya Zardi Leila Ben Ali
Abdallah El Aouichi Mohamed Bouazizi
Rabia Ben Abdallah Salwa
Rym Ben Messaoud
Emna Ben Rejeb
Hakim Boumassoudi
Rim El Benna

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