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Halfaouine Child of the Terraces (Asfur Stah)

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This award winning classic of world cinema is a coming-of-age drama, set in Tunisia, of a boy having to make the transition from the world of women he inhabits as a child to the world of men, and his budding sexuality.
‘A source of wonder. Exquisitely sensual. Packed with humor’ Chicago Reader

Nominations and Awards

Carthage Film Festival 1990, Won the Tanit d'Or Award. César Awards, France 1991 Nominated for the César Award . Valencia Festival of Mediterranean Cinema 1990 Won the Golden Palm
Award. Würzburg International Filmweekend 1991 Won the Audience Award.

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Film Title Halfaouine Child of the Terraces (Asfur Stah)
Director Ferid Boughedir
Country Tunisian film - Arab Film
Year 1990
Genre Feature Film
Length 95 minutes
Language Arabic, French
Subtitles English, French, Spanish
Starring Selim Boughedir, Mustapha Adouani, Rabia Ben Abdallah, Mohammed Driss
DVD region ALL
Synopsis A coming-of-age drama set in Tunisia. Twelve-year-old Noura is an impressionable boy who must learn the transition from the loving world of women he inhabits as a child, and what seems to be a vastly different, harsher world of men - while also dealing with his budding sexuality
Director Profile Director Férid Boughedir is a Tunisian film director. His film Caméra d’Afrique was screened at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival and his award winning Halfaouine is considered an international classic. His other films include Caméra Arabe (1987), Un été à La Goulette (1996) and Villa Jasmin (2008)
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