CHALLAT OF TUNIS

LE CHALLAT DE TUNIS

By Kaouther BEN HANIA

SIX ISLAND PRODUCTIONS - as PROD

Drama - Completed 2013

2003. Pre-revolution Tunisia. A moped rider, razor blade in hand, prowls the streets of Tunis slashing the most beautiful buttocks of women walking the streets. 10 years later a young female director seeks him out to make him answer for his crimes.

Festivals
& Awards

Dubai International Film Festival 2013
Official Competition
Busan - BIFF/APM 2014
Flash Forward
Amiens IFF 2014
Prix de la Critique
Beirut Film Festival 2014
Best Film
Donostia San Sebastian 2014
    • Year of production
    • 2013
    • Genres
    • Drama, Crime, First film
    • Countries
    • TUNISIA, FRANCE, CANADA
    • Languages
    • ARABIC
    • Budget
    • N/A
    • Director(s)
    • Kaouther BEN HANIA
    • Writer(s)
    • Kaouther BEN HANIA
    • Producer(s)
    • Habib ATTIA (Cinetelefilms), Julie PARATIAN (Sister Prod), Paul SCHERZER (Six Island Productions)
    • Synopsis
    • It’s summer 2003 in Tunisia. A man on a moped prowls the streets of Tunis, with a razor blade in hand. Known as Challat, he is on a personal mission: to slash the derrieres of women strolling along the city’s sidewalks. From one neighbourhood to another, the most unlikely of stories circulate about him. He is a mysterious figure, shrouded in fantasy, all the while instilling terror. After the revolution, one woman sets out to track him down, determined to clear up the mystery of Challat, at any cost.