It’s early September 2011, just months after the Tunisian revolution, and Fares Ben Youssef
(Sami Bouajila), his wife Meriem and their 11-year-old Aziz are a tight-knit family with good
economic standing, liberal friends and a new SUV, enjoying the sense of renewal and freedom
ushered in by the fall of the dictatorship. However, as they accidentally drive past a conflict
between Islamic militants, their son Aziz is hit by a stray bullet. In the emergency ward, the
wealthy couple faces a new problem: Aziz needs an organ donor, but it can't be either of them.
This story about a father whose entire world comes apart after his son is gravely injured in a
terrorist shootout shrewdly casts one of the world’s best thespians, 2006 Cannes best actor
winner Sami Bouajila, in the lead as it probes delicate questions of parenthood, masculinity and
personal ego within an Arab-world context.—Various sources
- Year2019
- Runtime95 min
- LanguageArabic and French
- CountryFrance/Tunisia/Lebanon
- PremiereWashington, DC
- NoteSubtitled in English
- DirectorMehdi M. Barsaoui
It’s early September 2011, just months after the Tunisian revolution, and Fares Ben Youssef
(Sami Bouajila), his wife Meriem and their 11-year-old Aziz are a tight-knit family with good
economic standing, liberal friends and a new SUV, enjoying the sense of renewal and freedom
ushered in by the fall of the dictatorship. However, as they accidentally drive past a conflict
between Islamic militants, their son Aziz is hit by a stray bullet. In the emergency ward, the
wealthy couple faces a new problem: Aziz needs an organ donor, but it can't be either of them.
This story about a father whose entire world comes apart after his son is gravely injured in a
terrorist shootout shrewdly casts one of the world’s best thespians, 2006 Cannes best actor
winner Sami Bouajila, in the lead as it probes delicate questions of parenthood, masculinity and
personal ego within an Arab-world context.—Various sources
- Year2019
- Runtime95 min
- LanguageArabic and French
- CountryFrance/Tunisia/Lebanon
- PremiereWashington, DC
- NoteSubtitled in English
- DirectorMehdi M. Barsaoui