Exclusive: Tunis presents the bucolic story of Erige Sehir’s initiation under the fig tree About a group of teenagers who work as fig pickers in the summer, for the best international film at the Oscars.
News of the selection came ahead of the North American premiere at Toronto’s Contemporary World Cinema program on Friday.
The show had its world premiere at Cannes’ Directors Fortnight in May and has since been shown at numerous festivals, including Karlovy Vary, Melbourne and Sarajevo.
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The film marks Sehir’s feature film debut following a string of award-winning feature films and mid-length documentaries, including his 2018 work. railroad men Machinists who risk their lives to maintain the dilapidated Tunisian railway network.
Sehir, who accompanied him under the fig tree at TIFF, he grew up in France and returned to his parents’ native Tunisia in 2011 after a popular uprising.
Working first as a journalist on the aftermath of the revolution, he continued his career as a producer and director, working under the banner of the Henia Production company based in La Marsa.
it’s sexual under the fig tree Guerrilla style in the summer of 2020 in the context of his father’s hometown, Kesra, a Berber village in northwestern Tunisia known for its figs.
Inspired by the heartfelt dialogue of 18th-century French novelist Pierre de Mariveau, the film depicts modern Tunisian society and the relationship between men and women while girls talk, at work or during breaks.
The film is produced by Sehir, under his Henia Production, along with Maneki Films’ Didar Domehri, who also co-produced the second TIFF title. the land of God.
Palmire Badinier, Akka’s Nicolas Vadimoff and Philippe Coito and In Good Company’s Roshi Behesht Nejad are co-producers.
Tunisia has reached the nomination stage in the 2019-20 Oscar race with Kauter Ben Hania. The man who stole her skin.
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Source: Deadline
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