Date/Time
Date(s) - 08/08/2019 - 09/08/2019
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Location
Alliance française
Categories
Synopsis:
Kairouan en Tunisie, peu après le printemps arabe.
Hedi est un jeune homme sage et réservé. Passionné de dessin, il travaille sans enthousiasme comme commercial.
Bien que son pays soit en pleine mutation, il reste soumis aux conventions sociales et laisse sa famille prendre les décisions à sa place. Alors que sa mère prépare activement son mariage, son patron l’envoie à Mahdia à la recherche de nouveaux clients.
Hedi y rencontre Rim, animatrice dans un hôtel local, femme indépendante dont la liberté le séduit.
Pour la première fois, il est tenté de prendre sa vie en main.
English synopsis :
Kairouan, Tunisia, shortly after the Arab spring. Hedi is a wise and reserved young man. Passionate about drawing, he works without enthusiasm as sales representative. Although his country is changing, he remains subject to social conventions and let his family make the decisions for him. While her mother is actively preparing for his wedding, his boss sends him to Mahdia, a coastal town, in search of new customers.
Hedi meets Rim, an independent woman, organizer in a local hotel, whose freedom seduces him. For the first time, he is tempted to take charge of his life.