Mouna Noureddine

Лофти — тунисский иммигрант, который обосновался в Марселе, где держит небольшой магазин бытовой техники. Однажды он получает сообщение, что у его жены был инсульт. Лофти возвращается на родину, чтобы добиться опеки над своим 9-летним сыном Амром, которого не видел вот уже 6 лет. Тем временем мальчик избегает и игнорирует своего отца, которого никогда не знал.

Following the arrival of the New Year, Slimane's (Kamel Touati) wife, Zeineb (Jamila Chihi), offers to go and spend it in a hotel. Meanwhile, her mother Douja, desperate to have canceled her date, is putting together a plan with Fadhila (Mouna Noureddine) which consists of leaving with them that day. The couple then finds themselves for this evening with Sboui, his wife, his children and their mothers. Sboui begins to make mistakes (forgetting his brother's suitcase on the bus, buying drinks, destroying the swing and stolen belongings in the hotel), which makes the stay unpleasant for the couple.

An 18 year old on the island Djerba, Aicha, is married to Said, who works in Tunis for much of the year. Aicha breaks with tradition and decides to join Said in Tunis, weaving rugs to make money. Said asks that she give him a son, so Aicha lives under the rule of her mother-in-law.

Directed by Abdella Zarok.

A community of people rejected by society live in an abandoned residence located in a "Medina": an old town in Tunisia. Al Bab, a local criminal running the residence's prostitution circle, returns from prison on his wedding day. Fraj, his brother and the town warlock, falls in love with Ramla, his brother's future wife: He is the only man of the residence who has seen her face, as she is kept prisoner in one of the rooms until the wedding night.

Idris is a young shepherd in the desert of Tunesia. One day a jeep drives by and a woman takes a picture of him; she says she's from Paris and promises to send him a copy. But when nothing arrives during the next months, Idris becomes worried. His father advises him to get his "face" back or bad things may happen to him. So he sets out to Paris... and discovers Paris as a world full of strange things and weird behavior.

Story of a teenage girl whose father dies. She goes to live with her father's friends, a couple. As a sort of revenge on her Father, whom she hates for abandoning her and her mother, she seduces Murray Head, ruining his life. From destroying his and his wife's lives, her own life is reborn.

A determined young woman in a remote Tunisian city bucks tradition by studying for an academic degree, instead of accepting the time-honored, submissive role of her sex as a wife and housekeeper for some 'mustached man'.

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.

Rich in environmental mood and ethnic color, this human drama chronicles the lives and rituals of a nomadic Berber tribe in the southern Tunisian desert, especially focusing on a son about to inherit the full mantle of leadership. When he sees that their sheep are threatened with a possibly devastating illness, the precarious nature of the group's existence is brought home to him and he leaves to gain a livelihood and knowledge in the city. Once he gets back, bringing money and presents, it first appears that the group will be assured of a better future because of his enterprising outreach. Yet military and governmental officials arrive on the scene to take a census and the young man is conscripted, against his will.

Anthology film portraying the stories from the collection Sleepless Nights by Ali Douagi.

Directed by Ibrahim Babai.