Les Epouvantails
Directed by Nouri Bouzid
2019
Drama
98 min
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Tunisia Morocco Luxembourg
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Arabic Arabic
Back from the Syrian front, Zina was separated from her child and Djo finds out she’s pregnant, expressing her Syrian horror only in the novel she is writing. To assist them in their hard and lengthy reconstruction, a Human Rights lawyer, an Humanitarian doctor and a young homosexual join forces. All together, will they be able to help Zina and Djo open their black boxes and stand up to the unjust society?
Born in Sfax, Tunisia in 1945 Bouzid began filmmaking studies in 1968 at Institut National des Arts du Spectacle et Techniques de Diffusion (INSAS) in Brussels. He graduated in 1972 with a short film, _Duel (1972)_. Returning to Tunisia he worked, from 1972 to 1973 in Tunisian television but was then arrested and jailed for over five years (1973-79) for his involvement with the radical Groupe d'Etude et d'Action Socialiste Tunisian (GEAST). After his release he worked as an assistant director on several foreign films shooting in Tunisia, including Les Aventuriers de l'arche perdue (1981) and Le code Rebecca (1985). He also assisted on many Tunisian features as well as working on screenplay adoptions and dialogue for several important Tunisian films in the 90s such as _Halfawin 'Usfur Stah (1990)_ by 'Ferid Boughedir'. He made his directorial debut in 1986 with L'Homme de Cendres (1986), which won the top prize at the carthage film festival. This film along with his subsequent features, tackled sensitive issues usually absent from Arab films and established Bouzid as a significant figure in Maghreb cinema.
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