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HONEY AND ASHES

MIEL ET CENDRES

By Nadia FARES

DSCHOINT VENTSCHR FILMPRODUKTION - as PROD

Drama - Completed 1996

The story of three women from the Maghreb region. The film describes how, caught between tradition and modernity, the three women struggle to master their lives and their relationships with men.

- Year of production
- 1996
- Genres
- Drama
- Countries
- TUNISIA, SWITZERLAND
- Languages
- FRENCH, ARABIC
- Duration
- 80 mn
- Director(s)
- Nadia FARES
- Writer(s)
- Nadia FARES, Yves KROPF
- Cast
- Nozha KHOUADRA, Amel LEDHILI, Naji NAJEH, Samia MZALI, Lara CHAOUACHI, Slim LARNAOUT, Jamel SASSI, Mouna NOUREDDINE, Abdelmajid LAKHAL, Mahmoud LARNAOUT, Chedly OUERGHI, Naima EL JANI
- ISAN
- 0000-0000-5894-0000-Z-0000-0000-6
- Producer(s)
- Samir . (Dschoint Ventschr)
- Synopsis
- MIEL ET CENDRES sheds light on the story and fate of three women trapped between tradition and modern life in North Africa today. Naima, a doctor, Amina, a graduate, and Leila, a young student, are pursuing their individual routes to an independent life when their paths cross.
  
  Aged just twenty, Leila (Nozha Khouadra) is a young, rebellious woman with an unbridled desire for freedom. She leaves her family and embarks on a degree course in the city.
  Amina (Amel Ledhili), aged 30, marries her former, liberal university professor and believes she has found a degree of stability in her life. She tries to keep her small family intact, until the jealousy of her husband destroys everything.
  Naima (Samia Mzali) is 45 years old and a dedicated doctor and mother. She supports Leila and treats Amina’s injured hand.
  The three women share a longing for a self-determined life and the dream of a viable relationship in a difficult socio-political environment.