Homeless man
Ali, un joven tunecino que sueña con una vida mejor, experimenta una vida solitaria vendiendo gasolina de contrabando en el mercado negro. Cuando su padre muere, tiene que hacerse cargo de sus dos hermanas pequeñas, que se ven abandonadas a su suerte en una casa de la que pronto serán desalojadas. Ante esta repentina responsabilidad y las injusticias a las que se enfrenta, la cólera y la rabia despiertan en Ali. Las de una generación que, más de diez años después de la revolución, sigue intentando hacerse oír...
The Arab Summit, May 2004, Tunis in turmoil, In this frenzied and burlesque atmosphere, characters intersect without ever really meeting, striving to solve their personal problems.
"Together with Jean-Pierre we've produced 'Fatwa', from Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud, a Tunesian living in Belgium. The film tells the story of a father who returns to Tunesia to bury his son who died from an apparent suicide. The scenario had repeatedly been rejected by some French producers because the film supposedly stated that the murderers are among us. Mahmoud, who knows a lot about Muslim culture and knew the Muslim recruiters who are at the origin of Sharia4Belgium, said to me: "That's crazy, they don't understand what's happening." And that was in 2008." (Luc Dardenne)
Taoufik
While Mehdi is torn between his secret gay affair and the perspective of getting married, his sister Hind struggles to face her present and to reveal the secrets of her past kept in the dark.
After an evening in a nightclub and a swim at dawn, three young people, SONIA, FAFOU and YANIS, sneak into a villa, invited by the latter. They settle down there until they meet unexpectedly the owner on a swivel chair. KATEB, a writer, turns out to be manipulative and mysterious. His meeting with YANIS reveals to us the life story of the young man who has identified with his latest book. Is KATEB simply the author of a story looking like the young man's?
Desperate by the refusal of the film commission, Chahine wonders how he will do to find the money necessary to achieve the police comedy he has in mind. He then has the crazy idea to go find him where he is: in the trunk of a bank. Aided by his two accomplices (his producer and his cinematographer), he scripted and directed the burglary, The accomplished heist, the three accomplices, forced to live hidden in an apartment while waiting for things to settle down, will go theatrical revelations .
