Synopsis : Aya, in her late twenties, still lives with her parents in Southern Tunisia and feels trapped in a life without prospects. As the sole survivor of an accident, Aya realizes it could be her chance to start a new life. She flees to Tunis under a new identity, but now finds herself embroiled in a murder case.
Festival History : Venice Film Festival 2024, BFI London Film Festival 2024
Awards : Best Mediterranean Film, Venice Film Festival 2024
Director :
Mehdi Barsaoui
Producer :
Mohamed Habib Attia, Flaminio Zadra, Marc Irmer
Screenplay :
Mehdi Barsaoui
DOP :
Antoine Héberlé
Editor :
Camille Toubkis
Cast :
Fatma Sfar, Yasmine Dimassi, Nidhal Saadi
Mehdi M. Barsaoui is a Tunisian filmmaker. He is best known as the director of the critically acclaimed feature film A Son (2019) and the shorts Sideways (2010) and Bobby (2014).