Halfaouine: Boy of The Terraces
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| Halfaouine: Boy of The Terraces | |
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| Directed by | Férid Boughedir |
| Written by | Férid Boughedir |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | Tunisia |
| Language | Tunisian Arabic |
Halfaouine: Boy of The Terraces is a 1990 Tunisian film, the first fiction feature film by the director Ferid Boughedir.
Synopsis[edit]
In Halfaouine, a Tunis neighbourhood, young Noura, finely acted by the director's nephew, is divided between several worlds: that of men in the streets, the women with whom he can still share the hammam (Turkish bath) despite his puberty approaching, and his imagination in which he fears the transition to adult life. Boughedir paints a happy picture of Tunisian life, and illustrates the subtle and complex relationships between men and women in Tunisia.
The boy discovers the pleasures of life as his family adopts a teen girl. The boy tries whenever he has a chance to see her unclothed body. After three or four attempts the boy succeeds.
Cast[edit]
- Selim Boughedir as Noura
- Mustapha Adouani as Si Azzouz, Noura's father
- Rabiah Ben-Abdullah as Jamila, Noura's mother
- Mohamed Driss as Salih
- Hélène Catzaras as Latifa
- Fatma Ben Saïdane as Salouha
- Abdelhamid Guayas as Cheick Mohktar
- Jamel Sassi as Moncef
- Radhouane Meddeb as Mounir
- Carolyn Chelby as Leila
- Zahira Ben Ammar as La matrone
- Fethi Haddaoui as Khemais
- Issa Harrath as Ali
- Taoufik Chabchoub as Colombo
- Slah Msadek as Le boucher et l'ogre
- Jamila Ourabi as Proprietaire du hammam
- Aziza Boulabiar as Zekhia
- Salem Ben Hassine as Le clochard
- Mustapha Koudai as Hamadi Karama
- Amouche Setbon as La Belle Aicha
- Marianne Catzaras as Fatma
- Walid Bahri as Samir
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