Fatima Ben Saïdane Movies

  • 1990
    Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces

    Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces

    Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces

    6.51990HD

    Twelve-year-old Noura dangles uncertainly in that difficult netherworld between childhood and adulthood. His growing libido has gotten him banned...

    Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces
  • 1994
    The Silences of the Palace

    The Silences of the Palace

    The Silences of the Palace

    6.51994HD

    The death of a prince brings a young woman back to the palace where she was born into servitude. The lingering legacy is brought into light from...

    The Silences of the Palace
  • 2016
    Sweet Smell of Spring

    Sweet Smell of Spring

    Sweet Smell of Spring

    4.82016HD

    In 2011 Tunisia, as the Arab Spring awakens, unemployed graduate Aziz, nicknamed Zizou (Zied Ayadi), travels from his Saharan village to the big city...

    Sweet Smell of Spring
  • 2024
    Borj Roumi

    Borj Roumi

    Borj Roumi

    02024HD

    In the 70s, a communist-leaning movement was outlawed, and its activists were detained. In order to be freed, the authorities asked the detainees to...

    Borj Roumi
  • 2019
    The Scarecrows

    The Scarecrows

    The Scarecrows

    4.52019HD

    In late 2013, Zina and Djo, both in their twenties, come back to Tunisia from the Syrian front where they were sequestrated and raped. Zina was...

    The Scarecrows
  • 2016
    What!

    What!

    What!

    02016HD

    The story of the dysfunctional Tounsia family where Zakia, the matriarch of the family loves her son Selim to the point of enslaving the rest of the...

    What!
  • 2018
    Bolbol

    Bolbol

    Bolbol

    02018HD

    Bolbol
  • 2006
    Making Of

    Making Of

    Making Of

    5.22006HD

    A Tunisian breakdancer falls in with fundamentalists with designs to turn the young man into a suicide bomber.

    Making Of
  • 2016
    Chronicles of my Village

    Chronicles of my Village

    Chronicles of my Village

    72016HD

    In 1960, nine-year-old Bachir dreamed of becoming the son of a martyr because he had heard that the children of martyrs would obtain everything after...

    Chronicles of my Village
  • 2019
    Porto Farina

    Porto Farina

    Porto Farina

    4.52019HD

    The film tells the story of a man, Aly, in need of a child, back in his native country to marry his first cousin - a marriage arranged by their...

    Porto Farina
  • 1993
    The Sultan of the Medina

    The Sultan of the Medina

    The Sultan of the Medina

    71993HD

    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...

    The Sultan of the Medina
  • 2023
    Ceux qui rêvent

    Ceux qui rêvent

    Ceux qui rêvent

    02023HD

    Three brothers and sisters learn that the land they inherited from their father may be sold. If Latifa, the eldest, and Slim, the youngest, don't...

    Ceux qui rêvent
  • 2007
    Birth of Civilization

    Birth of Civilization

    Birth of Civilization

    7.62007HD

    With the help of state of the art special effects, this National Geographic documentary attempts to recreate what civilization looked like during the...

    Birth of Civilization
  • 2001
    Daughter of Keltoum

    Daughter of Keltoum

    Daughter of Keltoum

    7.32001HD

    A 19 year-old Swiss woman travels to her birthplace—an isolated, barren Berber settlement in the mountainous desert landscape of...

    Daughter of Keltoum
  • 2021
    I'll Go to Hell

    I'll Go to Hell

    I'll Go to Hell

    02021HD

    Najet, whom the doctors say that she will die soon, thus, she decides to take the rest of her life head-on, instead of giving in to self-pity.

    I'll Go to Hell
  • 1970
    Junun

    Junun

    Junun

    01970HD

    Junun
  • 2023
    Take My Breath

    Take My Breath

    Take My Breath

    02023HD

    When Shams’ intersex identity is exposed, the young seamstress’ tranquil life unravels. Engaged in a steamy love triangle and targeted by...

    Take My Breath
  • 2017
    Benzine

    Benzine

    Benzine

    72017HD

    In southeastern Tunisia, Salem and Halima spend months waiting for news of their son Ahmed, who has been smuggled overseas to Italy.

    Benzine
  • 1989
    Layla, Ma Raison

    Layla, Ma Raison

    Layla, Ma Raison

    01989HD

    Since childhood, Qays and Layla have been in love. Qays, being a poet, publicly sings of his love, crying it out joyously far and wide - just the...

    Layla, Ma Raison
  • 2015
    Narcissus

    Narcissus

    Narcissus

    12015HD

    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...

    Narcissus