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Tunisia—Summer of 2011. A modern and happy family from a privileged background sees their car ambushed by an armed group. It doesn’t take long for some buried truths to resurface.
Tunisia, Summer 2011. Fares, Meriem, and their 10-year-old son Aziz are a modern and happy Tunisian family coming from a privileged background and cut off from the reality of a Tunisia still flickering, eight months after the fall of the Ben Ali regime. Enjoying a few days in the south of the country, they are victims of a dramatic incident that will change the course of their lives. It doesn’t take long for some long-buried truths to resurface, shaking the balance and harmony of this family that will never be the same again…

Credits

Director
Mehdi Barsaoui
Screenwriter
Mehdi Barsaoui
Producer
Habib Attia
Production Company
Cinétéléfilms

About the Director

Mehdi Barsaoui
Mehdi is a graduate of the Higher Institute of Multimedia Arts in Tunis. He also has a university degree in Film Direction from DAMS in Bologna, Italy. He directed four short-features, which were selected and multi-awarded in many international film festivals. His latest short 'We're Just Fine Like This' won the Golden Muhr for best film at Dubai International Film Festival 2016. Mehdi also worked
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