A Summer in La Goulette

A Summer in La Goulette
Directed by	Férid Boughedir
Written by	Férid Boughedir Nouri Bouzid
Produced by	Marsa Films / Cinarès Production
Starring	Mustapha Adouani Gamil Ratib Sonia Mankaï
Music by	Jean-Marie Sénia
Distributed by	Les Films du Losange
Release date	1996 (1996)
Running time	89 minutes
Countries	France Belgium Tunisia
Languages	French Tunisian Arabic Italian

A Summer in La Goulette (French: Un été à La Goulette, Arabic: صيف حلق الوادي, romanized: ṣayf Ḥalq el-Wādī) is a 1996 film by Tunisian director Férid Boughedir. It is a narrative of how intercommunal relations deteriorated in cosmopolitan La Goulette after the end of French rule, especially Muslim-Jewish relations affected by the Six-Day War and the rising impact of Islam on Tunisian society.

The film also features La Goulette native Claudia Cardinale as herself. The film was entered into the 46th Berlin International Film Festival.

Plot

Youssef (Mustapha Adouani) is a Muslim who works on the TGM and lives in La Goulette. His best friends are Jewish Jojo the brik seller and Sicilian Catholic Giuseppe the fisherman, who are also his neighbours. Their daughters grow up together and share their prospects for life, but the landlord Hadj Beji (Gamil Ratib) has his eyes on Youssef's daughter Meriem (Sonia Mankaï).

Cast

• Gamil Ratib : Hadj Beji
• Mustapha Adouani : Youssef
• Guy Nataf : Jojo
• Ivo Salerno : Giuseppe
• Michel Boujenah : TSF
• Claudia Cardinale : herself
• Sonia Mankaï : Meriem
• Ava Cohen-Jonathan : Tina
• Sarah Pariente : Gigi
• Kais Ben Messaoud : Chouchou
• Mohamed Driss : Miró

See also

• Le Chant des mariées

External links

• Un été à La Goulette at IMDb