STREAMS

أطياف

By Mehdi HMILI

HAKKA DISTRIBUTION - as DISTR Theatrical, TUNISIA

Drama - Completed 2021

Amel is released from prison after an adulterous affair. In the lower depths of Tunis, Amel is seeking for her missing son Moumen. During her journey, Amel faces a tunisian society in full collapse.

Festivals
& Awards

Rencontres de Coproduction Francophone 2016
Official Selection
Doha Film Institute 2017
Qumra Projects - Official Selection
Atelier Grand Nord 2017
Official Selection
Sarajevo FF 2018
CineLink Co-production Market - Official Selection
Durban International Film Festival 2018
Durban FilmMart - Official Selection
El Gouna Film Festival 2020
CineGouna Platform
Zurich FF 2021
New World View
Locarno Film Festival 2021
Cineasti del presente
    • Year of production
    • 2021
    • Genres
    • Drama, Thriller, Social issues
    • Countries
    • TUNISIA, FRANCE, LUXEMBOURG
    • Languages
    • ARABIC, FRENCH
    • Budget
    • 1 - 3 M$
    • Duration
    • 122 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Mehdi HMILI
    • Writer(s)
    • Mehdi HMILI
    • Producer(s)
    • Moufida FEDHILA (YOL FILM HOUSE), Mehdi HMILI (YOL FILM HOUSE)
    • Synopsis
    • Amel works in a factory in Tunis. She lives with her alcoholic husband Tahar, a former local football player, and their only son Moumen, a talented teenage football goalkeeper. To convince the boss of the factory to provide her with connections for her son, Amel betrays her fellow workers, who have been organizing a strike. Amel meets the connection: Imed, a wealthy businessman, who takes advantage of the situation and abuses Amel. She surrenders to his advances in order to offer her son the opportunity of a lifetime. But the police catch them. Amel is imprisoned, accused of adultery and prostitution. Moumen is destroyed by the scandal. He becomes violent, stops his football career and starts drinking and taking drugs.
      After her release, she searches for Moumen in the lower and violent streets of Tunis. In this long quest for the missing son, Amel has to face the falling Tunisian society.
    • Partners & financing
    • Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC) - France
      Centre national du cinéma et de l'image (CNCI) - Tunisia
      Luxembourg Film Fund
      Institut Français Tunisia
      MPM Film France
      Tarantula Luxembourg
      Allam Film
      El Gouna Film Festival