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Screening on 7 Dec | During a student party, Mariam, a young Tunisian woman, meets the mysterious Youssef and leaves with him. During a long night, Mariam will have to fight for her rights and her dignity. But how can justice be delivered when it lies on the side of the tormentors?
During a student party, Mariam, a young Tunisian woman, meets the mysterious Youssef and leaves with him. During a long night, Mariam will have to fight for her rights and her dignity. But how can justice be delivered when it lies on the side of the tormentors? ‘Beauty and the Dogs’ is a profoundly moving tale of a woman who, in the most undignified of situations, insists on maintaining her dignity and demanding some of humanity’s most basic rights—the right to be heard, to expose the truth, and to see justice served.

Credits

Director
Kaouther Ben Hania
Screenwriter
Kaouther Ben Hania
Producer
Habib Attia, Nadim Cheikhrouha
Cinematographer
Johan Holmquist
Editor
Nadia Ben Rachid
Production Company
Cinétéléfilms, Tanit Films
Distributor
MC Distribution
Music
Amine Bouhafa
Cast
Meriam Al Ferjani, Ghanem Zrelli, Noomane Hamda, Mohamed Akkari, Chedly Arfaoui

About the Director

Kaouther Ben Hania
Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania studied cinema in Tunisia and in Paris at La Fémis and the Sorbonne. She has directed several short films, including ‘Wooden Hand’ (2013), which had a lengthy and successful run on the international festival circuit. Her documentary film ‘Imams Go to School’ had its premiere at the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam in 2010 and was selected for numero