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Malik has a lot on his plate when he returns home to Tunisia after living in France. He's processing his father's death, he can't come out to his mother, and his childhood anxieties have resurfaced. But all of Malik's problems seem to fade away when he falls for Bilal, the dreamy houseboy at his mother's bourgeois estate.

Top Cast

  • Claudia Cardinale

    Claudia Cardinale

    Sara

  • Antonin Stahly-Vishwanadan

    Antonin Stahly-Vishwanadan

    Malik

  • Salim Kéchiouche

    Salim Kéchiouche

    Bilal

  • Driss Ramdi

    Driss Ramdi

  • Ramla Ayari

    Ramla Ayari

  • Ali Mrabet

    Ali Mrabet

  • Abir Bennani

    Abir Bennani

  • Rihab Mejri

    Rihab Mejri

  • Lotfi Dziri

    Lotfi Dziri

Overview

Malik has a lot on his plate when he returns home to Tunisia after living in France. He's processing his father's death, he can't come out to his mother, and his childhood anxieties have resurfaced. But all of Malik's problems seem to fade away when he falls for Bilal, the dreamy houseboy at his mother's bourgeois estate.

Rating

6.7 / 10
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  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    7 Aug 7, 2023

    Quite a classy little film, this one. "Malik" (Antonin Viswanadhan) returns from Paris to his home in Tunisia after the death of his father and falls in love with his mother's handyman "Bilal" (Salim Kechiouche). He doesn't so much come out to, as get caught out by, his mother - a still stunning Claudia Cardinale - and the story focuses on the personal and cultural hurdles not just current, but in his past, as they all come to terms. It's a beautifully shot, evenly paced story from a part of the world not often associated with this genre of cinema. Well worth a watch.

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