Man of Ashes

Rih essed

Tunisia

1986

109 Min

Color

1.55:1

Arabic

Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
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EXEC Ahmed Baha Attia, Radhi Trimech

CAST Imed Maalal, Khaled Ksouri, Habib Belhadi, Mohamed Dhrif, Mouna Noureddine, Yacoub Bchiri, Mahmoud Belhassen, Sonia Mansour, Wassila Chaouki, Khadija Abaoub, Sarra Abdelhadi, Mustapha Adouani

SOUND Faouzi Thabet, Riadh Thabet

Cannes (Un Certain Regard): Un Certain Regard Award, Outfest (Unveiled), AFI FEST (International Cinema)

Synopsis

In the ensuing days before his wedding bridegroom Hachemi faces both the anxieties of the future and the shadows of the past. His best friend, Farfat, is the topic of street graffiti and local gossip, which calls his manhood into question. This ripples out to affect Hachemi for, unbeknownst to anyone, as apprenticed youths they were molested by Ameur, the local carpenter. Farfat is banished from his father’s home and the shared secret between the two friends threatens to undo more than just the wedding, but their very lives. –IMDb

Director

Nouri Bouzid

Director, screenwriter, actor and poet, Nouri Bouzid was born in Sfax, Tunisia in 1945. He began filmmaking studies in 1968 at Institut National des Arts du Spectacle et Techniques de Diffusion (INSAS) in Brussels. He graduated in 1972 with a short film, Duel (1972). Returning to Tunisia he worked, from 1972 to 1973 in Tunisian television but was then arrested and jailed for over five years (1973-79) for his involvement with the radical Groupe d’Etude et d’Action Socialiste Tunisian (GEAST). After his release he worked as an assistant director on several foreign films shooting in Tunisia, including Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and The Key to Rebecca (1985) (TV). He also assisted on many Tunisian features as well as working on screenplay adaptations and dialogue for several important Tunisian films in the 90s such as Halfawin ’Usfur Stah (1990) by ‘Ferid Boughedir’.

He made his directorial debut in 1986 with Rih essed (Man of Ashes) which won the top prize at the Carthage Film… read more