Gadeha (12) happens one day to be the victim of a car accident. He undergoes surgery. Penniless, his mother, Borkana, is helped by Malika and Moez, a benevolent couple that offers to pay for the hospital fees and provides the destitute family with a roof. Gadeha meets Oussama, Malika and Moez’s child (11). A strong friendship is made between the two boys. But Gadeha finds out haphazardly the secret of his family's new standard of living. He is devastated.
Festivals & Awards:
Cairo International Film Festival - Jury Price - Special Mention
Malmo Arab Film Festival - Winner - Best Screenwriter
Zlin International Film Festival for Children and Youth - Golden Slipper for Best Feature
About the filmmaker:
Anis LASSOUED obtained his director’s diploma from the IMC – Institut Maghrébin de Cinéma - Tunis and the University of Tor Vergata - Rome. He did also training courses in the Femis-Paris and GSARA-Lièges and INSAV - Brussels. From 1994 till 2010, he was first assistant director and production manager in several Tunisian and international films. He shot several documentary films for TV channels (NHK, TV5, Aljazeera children…). In 2006, he made his first short fiction Saba Flouss (Magic crop) (International Short Film Festival Oberhausen; Cinémas du Monde-Cannes; Muhr Award in DIFF-UAE 2006; Gold Cairo in Cairo International Film Festival for Children 2007). In 2012, he shot a fiction Sabbat El Aïd (My Shoes) (Poulain d’Or & Best African film-FESPACO 2013 - TIFF Kids International Film Festival-Canada - Taiwan International Children's Film Festival - Lucas International Children's Film Festival- Germany. In 2013, he founded, with other filmmakers, a production company - Lumières Films. He is also consultant in development of cinema programs for GIZ, Euromed and CIFEJ. In 2016, he received the National Award for the Protection of Children’s Rights for his cinematographic work defending Children’s Rights. Anis Lassoued has just finished a documentary (Je suis ma république) (2021) and his first feature A second life (Lumières Films-CTV Productions-SVP).
- Year2022
- Runtime93 minutes
- LanguageArabic
- CountryTunisia
- DirectorAnis Lassoued
- ScreenwriterChema Ben Chaabene, Anis Lassoued
- ProducerChema Ben Chaabene, Anis Lassoued, Omar Ben Ali
- CastYassine Tormsi, Ahmed Zakaria Chiboub, Chema Ben Chaabene, Jamal Laroui, Dorsaf Ouertatani, Anissa Lotfi, Lilia Zaidi, Mohamed Margua, Ahmed Amri
Gadeha (12) happens one day to be the victim of a car accident. He undergoes surgery. Penniless, his mother, Borkana, is helped by Malika and Moez, a benevolent couple that offers to pay for the hospital fees and provides the destitute family with a roof. Gadeha meets Oussama, Malika and Moez’s child (11). A strong friendship is made between the two boys. But Gadeha finds out haphazardly the secret of his family's new standard of living. He is devastated.
Festivals & Awards:
Cairo International Film Festival - Jury Price - Special Mention
Malmo Arab Film Festival - Winner - Best Screenwriter
Zlin International Film Festival for Children and Youth - Golden Slipper for Best Feature
About the filmmaker:
Anis LASSOUED obtained his director’s diploma from the IMC – Institut Maghrébin de Cinéma - Tunis and the University of Tor Vergata - Rome. He did also training courses in the Femis-Paris and GSARA-Lièges and INSAV - Brussels. From 1994 till 2010, he was first assistant director and production manager in several Tunisian and international films. He shot several documentary films for TV channels (NHK, TV5, Aljazeera children…). In 2006, he made his first short fiction Saba Flouss (Magic crop) (International Short Film Festival Oberhausen; Cinémas du Monde-Cannes; Muhr Award in DIFF-UAE 2006; Gold Cairo in Cairo International Film Festival for Children 2007). In 2012, he shot a fiction Sabbat El Aïd (My Shoes) (Poulain d’Or & Best African film-FESPACO 2013 - TIFF Kids International Film Festival-Canada - Taiwan International Children's Film Festival - Lucas International Children's Film Festival- Germany. In 2013, he founded, with other filmmakers, a production company - Lumières Films. He is also consultant in development of cinema programs for GIZ, Euromed and CIFEJ. In 2016, he received the National Award for the Protection of Children’s Rights for his cinematographic work defending Children’s Rights. Anis Lassoued has just finished a documentary (Je suis ma république) (2021) and his first feature A second life (Lumières Films-CTV Productions-SVP).
- Year2022
- Runtime93 minutes
- LanguageArabic
- CountryTunisia
- DirectorAnis Lassoued
- ScreenwriterChema Ben Chaabene, Anis Lassoued
- ProducerChema Ben Chaabene, Anis Lassoued, Omar Ben Ali
- CastYassine Tormsi, Ahmed Zakaria Chiboub, Chema Ben Chaabene, Jamal Laroui, Dorsaf Ouertatani, Anissa Lotfi, Lilia Zaidi, Mohamed Margua, Ahmed Amri