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HIDDEN BEAUTIES

BEAUTES CACHEES

By Nouri BOUZID

OTHER ANGLE PICTURES - as SALES All rights, World

Drama - Completed 2012

COLCOA 2013

COLCOA Selection

- Year of production
- 2012
- Genres
- Drama
- Countries
- FRANCE
- Languages
- TUNISIAN
- Duration
- 100 mn
- Director(s)
- Nouri BOUZID
- Writer(s)
- Joumène LIMAM, Nouri BOUZID
- Cast
- Bahram ALOUI, Lofti EBDELLI, Niour MZIOU, Souhir BEN AMARA
- ISAN
- 0000-0003-7674-0000-J-0000-0000-H
- EIDR
- 10.5240/86B7-8E4F-391E-0C47-95A1-F
- Synopsis
- Hidden Beauties is the poignant tale of two young Tunisian women striving to achieve the same level of emancipation enjoyed by the male population of their country – even as their fellow citizens fight for freedom.
  Surrounded by the turmoil of revolution, Zaineb and Aisha are inspired to change the course of their own lives. In a male-dominated society, that is easier said than done, but they are unrelenting in their pursuit of equality. Brahim, Zaineb’s fiancé, wants his future wife to put on the Islamic veil; and Hamza, Zaineb’s brother and Aisha’s love interest, disapproves of the women’s lifestyle and choices. Aisha, in turn, assumes full responsibility of looking after her family after the death of her parents. Under pressure to remove her veil from her boss at work, she struggles to balance her beliefs with the need for income.
  As one woman resists putting on the veil and another resists taking it off, the two friends stand together in their fight. Their course resonates as a metaphor for all the uncertainties in the country’s political future.