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Two twin brothers that everything opposes see their lives turned upside down when one of them discovers a palm-eating insect.

Tozeur—a farming town on the edge of the Tunisian desert. Zied and Anis are twin brothers who jointly manage a palm grove. While Zied plans to marry Hana, Anis drifts through life, drowning his loneliness in bars. Everything changes, however, when Anis discovers a red palm-eating insect: the weevil...

Credits

Director
Youssef Chebbi
Screenwriter
Youssef Chebbi, François-Michel Allegrini
Producer
Farès Ladjimi
Production Company
Supernova Films (France), Blast Film (Tunisia)

About the Director

Youssef Chebbi
Youssef Chebbi was born in Tunisia in 1984. After studying art, he directed two short films, 'Vers Le Nord' (2010) and 'The Depths' (2012), both selected for various international festivals. In 2012, he co-directed the documentary 'Babylon', which won the Jury Prize at FIDMarseille and was screened at MoMA. His first feature film, 'Ashkal, The Tunisian Investigation', was presented at the Director