LA SAISON DES HOMMES

Moufida TLATI
  • 2000
  • Un Certain Regard

In Djerba, Aicha, 18, has married Said who works eleven months a year in Tunis.
From the honeymoon on, Aicha expresses her desire to break free from the tradition and leave for Tunis.
The brave and bold young woman proposes to weave carpets in order to earn enough money to make her dream come true.
Said imposes one condition: she must give birth to a son. In the beginning, the homecoming of the men is a pretext for a cebration for the women are preparing with joy: the applying of the henné, the bath, the laughs; Then as years go by, Aicha, Zeineb, Zohra and Fatma become disillusioned.
Aicha gave birth to two daughters, and Aziz’s birth brings the dream closer to life. But this much awaited son bears his mother’s heartbreak.
Years later, Aicha returns with Aziz, her daughters, the loya

Directed by : Moufida TLATI
Country: France
Duration: 122

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ABSCHIED

Jan SCHÜTTE

ASI ES LA VIDA

Arturo RIPSTEIN

CAPITAES DE ABRIL

Maria DE MEDEIROS

DJOMEH

Hassan YEKPATANAH

EU TU ELES

Andrucha WADDINGTON

FAMOUS

Griffin DUNNE

JACKY

Brat LJATIFI, Pyng Hu FOW

LISTA DE ESPERA

Juan Carlos TABIO

LOST KILLERS

Dito TSINTSADZE

NICHIYOBI WA OWARANAI

Yoichiro TAKAHASHI

OH! SOO-JUNG

(VIRGIN STRIPPED BARE BY HER BACHELORS) Sangsoo HONG

SAINT-CYR

Patricia MAZUY

THE KING IS ALIVE

Kristian LEVRING

TIERRA DEL FUEGO

Miguel LITTIN

WILD BLUE

Thierry KNAUFF

WOMAN ON TOP

Fina TORRES