Tunisian Feature Films | Female Lead Role
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1. Noura's Dream (2019)
92 min | Drama
With her abusive husband in jail and a coveted divorce pending, hardworking Noura can almost grasp a happy, new life with lover Lassaad - but when the best-laid plans are upended, Noura must tap her unshakable will to fulfill her dream.
Director: Hinde Boujemaa | Stars: Hind Sabri, Lotfi Abdelli, Hakim Boumsaoudi, Imen Cherif
Votes: 457
2. Arab Blues (2019)
88 min | Comedy, Drama
After years abroad in Paris, Selma returns to Tunis with the dream of opening up her own psychotherapy practice.
Director: Manele Labidi | Stars: Golshifteh Farahani, Majd Mastoura, Aïsha Ben Miled, Feryel Chammari
Votes: 3,916
3. The Scarecrows (2019)
98 min | Drama
January 2014. Zina and Joe, around 20, return to Tunisia from the Syrian front where they were sequestrated and raped. Zina has been separated from her two-month-old child, and Joe, being ... See full summary »
Director: Nouri Bouzid | Stars: Nour Hajri, Joumene Limam, Afef Ben Mahmoud, Sondos Belhassen
Votes: 80
4. The Crow's Siesta (2018)
85 min | Drama, Romance
After her husband Ibrahim is sent to prison for gambling debts Fatma gets him out by promising to run their debtor's restaurant in the middle of the Sahara Desert.
Director: Moez Kamoun | Stars: Souhir Ben Amara, Abdelmonem Chouayet, Foued Litaiem, Ali Khemiri
Votes: 89
5. Whispering Sands (2018)
95 min | Drama
An encounter in the desert between a lady brought by the tragic past of her family and a guide who discovers, at the end, the dark future of his family...
Director: Nacer Khemir | Stars: Dorra Zarrouk, Hichem Rostom
Votes: 54
6. Of Skin and Men (2017)
105 min | Drama, Romance
Following the death of her husband in an accident, young Amel tries to find some consolation in photography. She takes photos of strangers from the street, looking at men as they tend to do towards women.
Director: Mehdi Ben Attia | Stars: Hafsia Herzi, Raouf Ben Amor, Haythem Achour, Sondos Belhassen
Votes: 240
7. Beauty and the Dogs (2017)
TV-MA | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A college student seeks help after a brutal assault but faces a bureaucratic nightmare when she reveals that her perpetrators are police officers.
Director: Kaouther Ben Hania | Stars: Mariam Al Ferjani, Ghanem Zrelli, Noomen Hamda, Mohamed Akkari
Votes: 2,717 | Gross: $0.01M
8. El Jaida (2017)
110 min | Drama, History
Eight months before the independence of Tunisia, Four Tunisian women of different ages and social conditions, end up in prison, they are condemned to coexist under the authority and injustice of their jailer, El Jaida.
Director: Selma Baccar | Stars: Wajiha Jendoubi, Souhir Ben Amara, Fatma Ben Saïdane, Salma Mahjoubi
Votes: 80
9. Burning Hope (2016)
85 min | Drama
"Burning Hope" is at once the story of an unlikely friendship and the portrait of a fragile country haunted by so many ghosts. Between investigation and intimate story, the movie tells the ... See full summary »
Director: Lotfi Achour | Stars: Cynda Abdenebi, Doria Achour, Rafika Akkari, Ranya Ben Aoun
Votes: 41
10. Benzine (2017)
90 min | Drama
In southeastern Tunisia, Salem and Halima spend months waiting for news of their son Ahmed, who has been smuggled overseas to Italy.
Director: Sarra Abidi | Stars: Sondos Belhassen, Fatma Ben Saïdane, Jamel Chandoul, Ali Yahyaoui
Votes: 38
11. The Flower of Aleppo (2016)
94 min | Action, Drama, War
A mother refuses to surrender to the statues quo of the new reality of the Arab world and travels into the heart of darkness of ISIS to bring back her recruited son home.
Director: Ridha Behi | Stars: Hind Sabri, Hichem Rostom, Badis Behi, Ahmed Hafiene
Votes: 237
12. Foreign Body (2016)
92 min | Drama
After a young Tunisian woman informs on her radical Islamist brother, she arrives illegally in France, finding danger as well as hope.
Director: Raja Amari | Stars: Hiam Abbass, Sarra Hannachi, Salim Kechiouche, Marc Brunet
Votes: 246
13. Lilia, a Tunisian Girl (2016)
84 min | Drama, Romance
Lilia is a girl with magnetic, hypnotic and rare beauty that gives her a power of seduction which she uses and abuses with impunity, until the day she falls madly in love with her alter-ego.
Director: Mohamed Zran | Stars: Samar Matoussi, Raafa Ayadi, Moez Baatour, Oussema Bedhiaf
Votes: 19
14. WOH! (2016)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The story of the dysfunctional Tounsia family where Zakia, the matriarch of the family loves her son Selim to the point of enslaving the rest of the family. And the rest of the family just ... See full summary »
Director: Ismahane Lahmar | Stars: Mariem Ben Chaâbane, Fatma Ben Saïdane, Nadia Boussetta, Jamila Chihi
Votes: 46
15. Eclipses (2016)
Crime, Drama
Hind, a popular television show producer and star presenter, falls in love with Lassaad, a police commissioner who was investigating a murder of a building contractor. in the process, they discover a network of Jihadist smugglers to Syria.
Director: Fadhel Jaziri | Stars: Ali Jaziri, Yasmine Bouabid, Mohamed Driss, Sarra Hannachi
Votes: 12
16. As I Open My Eyes (2015)
Unrated | 102 min | Drama, Music
A few months before the revolution in Tunisia, 18 year-old Farah has a passion for life and sings in a political rock band. Her mother, knowing the dangers of Tunisia, wants her to pursue a career as a doctor.
Director: Leyla Bouzid | Stars: Baya Medhaffar, Ghalia Benali, Montassar Ayari, Lassaad Jamoussi
Votes: 1,465 | Gross: $0.03M
17. Narcissus (2015)
90 min | Drama
While Mehdi is torn between his secret gay affair and the perspective of getting married, his sister Hind struggles to face her present and to reveal the secrets of her past kept in the dark.
Director: Sonia Chamkhi | Stars: Aïcha Ben Ahmed, Ghanem Zrelli, Jamel Madani, Fatma Ben Saïdane
Votes: 23
18. The Sea Falling for the Blues (2015)
95 min | Adventure, Drama
A young woman meets a young fisherman on a beautiful deserted beach. They spend the day discussing, swimming and playing in the water. While he sleeps on the beach, she leaves the scene and walks slowly away on the beach.
Director: Abdelwaheb Bouden | Stars: Amira Ben Youssef, Mehdi Midani
Votes: 12
19. Horra (2015)
95 min | Drama, Romance
Between his fiancee and his passion for a married woman, Karim's vision of life will be transformed.
Director: Moez Kamoun | Stars: Ahmed Gasmi, Fatma Nasser, Jamel Sassi, Lotfi Bondka
Votes: 19
20. Hidden Beauties (2012)
105 min | Drama
Two young Tunisian women strive for the same emancipation enjoyed by men.
Director: Nouri Bouzid | Stars: Souhir Ben Amara, Nour Meziou, Lotfi Abdelli, Abdelaziz Meherzi
Votes: 41
21. Tunisians Stories (2012)
110 min | Drama, Family, Romance
Different stories of Tunisians people that lives in a society bubbling of pride , lust, desire , misery and anger.
Director: Nada Mezni Hafaiedh | Stars: Taoufik Ayeb, Yasmine Azaiez, Nejib Belhassen, Aïcha Ben Ahmed
Votes: 28
22. Les palmiers blessés (2010)
105 min | Drama, History
Bizerte, Tunisia, winter of 1991, a Tunisian writer entrusts the typing of an autobiographical manuscript to the young woman, Chama, thanks to the content of the book, now she feels the ... See full summary »
Director: Abdellatif Ben Ammar | Stars: Leïla Ouaz, Neji Nejah, Hassan Kechache, Rym Takoucht
Votes: 18
23. Dar Joued (2010)
80 min | Drama, History
Four women are locked up for disobedience at «Dar Joued». Some will end by becoming submissive, others will refuse to submit.
Director: Aïda Ben Aleya | Stars: Faten Aleya, Halima Bejaoui, Hanene Ben Chagra, Imene Ben Gamra
Votes: 10
24. Chronicles of Agony (2010)
80 min | Drama
The story of Donia, a lonely young girl who tries by all means to survive her difficult life.
Director: Aïda Ben Aleya | Stars: Amira Chalbi, Ahmed Hafiene, Abdelmadjid Bakir, Laroussi Zbidi
Votes: 9
25. Buried Secrets (2009)
91 min | Drama
A teenager unwittingly reveals a terrible family secret to the new neighbors.
Director: Raja Amari | Stars: Hafsia Herzi, Sondos Belhassen, Wassila Dari, Rim El Benna
Votes: 214
26. The Wedding Song (2008)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, History, War
The Nazi occupation of Tunisia strains the bonds of friendship between a Muslim woman and a Sephardic Jewish woman who are both preparing for their marriages.
Director: Karin Albou | Stars: Lizzie Brocheré, Olympe Borval, Najib Oudghiri, Simon Abkarian
Votes: 857 | Gross: $0.03M
27. The Accident (2008)
93 min | Comedy, Drama
Farés a taxi driver, the happiest man in the world brings his wife Fatma home from the clinic after having their first born son, but fate decides otherwise when he picks up a mysterious passenger.
Director: Rachid Ferchiou | Stars: Manel Amara, Mohamed Ali Ben Jemaa, Younes Ferhi, Sana Kassous
Votes: 13
28. Flower of Oblivion (2006)
100 min | Drama
The bright future of a beautiful young bride grows increasingly clouded the dissatisfaction of her marriage drives her to addiction and insanity.
Director: Selma Baccar | Stars: Rabiah Ben-Abdullah, Raouf Ben Amor, Alaa Eddine Ayoub, Leïla Chebbi
Votes: 26
29. Tender Is the Wolf (2006)
84 min | Drama
A young prostitute's plan of revenge with the help of one of the men that raped her.
Director: Jilani Saâdi | Stars: Anissa Daoud, Mohamed Grayaâ, Atef Ben Hassine, Habib Ben M'Barak
Votes: 42
30. Between the Valleys (2006)
85 min | Drama, Romance
It tells the story of a girl who runs away from an arranged marriage on the eve of her wedding to be with her sweetheart.
Director: Khaled Walid Barsaoui | Stars: Nadia Boussetta, Ahmed Hafiene, Moez Gdiri, Halima Daoud
Votes: 12
31. Nadia et Sarra (2004)
90 min | Drama
Director: Moufida Tlatli | Stars: Hiam Abbass, Dorra Zarrouk, Hichem Rostom, Nejia Ouerghi
Votes: 62
32. Bedwin Hacker (2003)
98 min | Comedy, Drama
From a remote mountain village in Tunisia, Kalt, a female hacker hijacks the airwaves in Northern Africa and France to broadcast political messages. When Julia, a French Intelligence ... See full summary »
Director: Nadia El Fani | Stars: Sonia Hamza, Muriel Solvay, Tomer Sisley, Nadia Saiji
Votes: 87
33. Satin Rouge (2002)
100 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
After the death of her husband, Lilia's life revolves solely around her teenage daughter, Salma. Whilst looking for Salma late one night, Lilia stumbles upon a belly dance cabaret and ... See full summary »
Director: Raja Amari | Stars: Hiam Abbass, Hend El Fahem, Maher Kamoun, Monia Hichri
Votes: 887 | Gross: $0.23M
34. Clay Dolls (2002)
100 min | Drama
The 40-year-old Omrane is in charge to find maid placements in Tunis for the girls from his village. But the most rebel of the girls has escaped and he has to look for her to get her back ... See full summary »
Director: Nouri Bouzid | Stars: Ahmed Hafiene, Hind Sabri, Oumayma Ben Hafsia, Lotfi Abdelli
Votes: 71
35. The Chant of Noria (2002)
107 min | Drama, Romance
Zeineb has always been strong-willed. She refuses, divorces, and asserts her will. Once divorced, she is free on paper, but remains enslaved as her ex-husband refuses to respect the law, ... See full summary »
Director: Abdellatif Ben Ammar | Stars: Houyem Rassaa, Ahmed Hafiene, Hichem Rostom, Ahmed Snoussi
Votes: 22
36. Fatma (2001)
124 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Raped by her cousin at 17, Tunisian country girl Fatma flees her sexuality, even binding her breasts, She also flees her patriarchal, traditional family by going to Tunis to attend ... See full summary »
Director: Khaled Ghorbal | Stars: Awatef Jendoubi, Nabila Gouider, Bagdadi Aoum, Amel Safta
Votes: 67
37. The Season of Men (2000)
122 min | Drama
The gulf between men and women in Tunisia, political, psychological, and physical, is explored in this downbeat drama. A woman and her two daughters return to the female community on the ... See full summary »
Director: Moufida Tlatli | Stars: Rabiah Ben-Abdullah, Sabah Bouzouita, Ghalia Benali, Hind Sabri
Votes: 317
38. Les siestes grenadine (1999)
90 min | Drama
The country has changed a lot in the absence of the father Wahid Haydar and the daughter Sofia, returning to Tunisia after a long stay in West Africa and after being separated from her ... See full summary »
Director: Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud | Stars: Yasmine Bahri, Hichem Rostom, Lubna Azabal, Kadhir Fardi
Votes: 35
39. Bent familia (1997)
105 min | Drama
Amina a married Muslim woman living in Tunis with her two daughters. Even though she is allowed certain freedoms as a Muslim woman this is curtailed when she meets her old friend from school Aida.
Director: Nouri Bouzid | Stars: Amel Hedhili, Nadia Kaci, Leila Nassim, Raouf Ben Amor
Votes: 60
40. Keswa, le fil perdu (1997)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
The 27 years old Nozha comes home with a sense of failure and despair following a long absence after marrying against her family's will.
Director: Kalthoum Bornaz | Stars: Rim Turki, Mouna Noureddine, Ali Mosbah, Ahmed Hafiene
Votes: 17
41. Honey and Ashes (1996)
80 min | Drama
"Honey and Ashes" tells the stories of three women from contemporary North Africa. Caught between tradition and modernity, they seek success in their lives and in their relationships with ... See full summary »
Director: Nadia Fares | Stars: Nozha Khouadra, Samia Mzali, Amel Hedhili, Neji Nejah
Votes: 89
42. A Summer in La Goulette (1996)
TV-PG | 89 min | Comedy, Drama
Summer, 1967. La Goulette, the touristic beach of Tunisia, is the site where three nice seventeen-year-old girls live: Gigi, Sicilian and Catholic; Meriem, Tunisian and Arab; Tina, French ... See full summary »
Director: Férid Boughedir | Stars: Sonia Mankaï, Ava Cohen-Jonathan, Sarah Pariente, Mustapha Adouani
Votes: 853
43. Habiba Msika: The Dance of Fire (1994)
100 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Follows the last years of Tunisian singer Habiba M'sikar's life between 1927 and 1930 when she was at the peak of her glory and performed in the "soirées" of Tunis.
Director: Selma Baccar | Stars: Souad Amidou, Féodor Atkine, Néjib Belkadhi, Raouf Ben Amor
Votes: 17
44. The Silences of the Palace (1994)
116 min | Drama
As she grows up, Alia (the daughter of housemaid Khedija) learns the secrets of the peaceful palace where she and her mother live.
Director: Moufida Tlatli | Stars: Hind Sabri, Ghalya Lacroix, Nejia Ouerghi, Amel Hedhili
Votes: 1,109
45. O, The Sultan of The City (1992)
98 min | Comedy, Drama
Locked in a room until the release of her fiance from prison, a young woman escapes with the help of his brother.
Director: Moncef Dhouib | Stars: Mustapha Adouani, Fatma Ben Saïdane, Mohamed Ben Smaïl, Arkane Bou Jallabia
Votes: 21
46. Wandering Heart (1989)
90 min | Drama
In a fishing village in southern Tunisia, Regaya, a beautiful young woman whose husband dies, refuses remarriage. Yet this is what a woman must do in Muslim society. Her father emigrated to... See full summary »
Director: Fitouri Belhiba | Stars: Nadia Samir, Ahmed Snoussi, Ahmed Ben Smail, Mouna Noureddine
Votes: 13
47. Sama (1988)
90 min | Drama
Based on director Néjia Ben Mabrouk's own experiences growing up. Sabra refuses to be reduced to a traditional domestic role in mid-1980s Tunisia. With the reluctant support of her mother, ... See full summary »
Director: Néjia Ben Mabrouk | Stars: Othman Khemili, Fatma Khemiri, Mouna Noureddine, Basma Tajin
Votes: 22
48. Aziza (1980)
95 min | Drama
Tunis in 1980, A family leaves the old city, the Medina of Tunis to settle down in one of the new populated cities on the outskirts of the capital.
Director: Abdellatif Ben Ammar | Stars: Yasmine Khlat, Raouf Ben Amor, Dalila Rames, Mohamed Zinet
Votes: 40
49. The Howling (1973)
100 min | Drama
The film tells the story of two girls. Saadia was raped after fierce resistance, which allowed her to take revenge by killing her attacker, but the village men's council felt she had been ... See full summary »
Director: Omar Khlifi | Stars: Hassiba Rochdi, Anissa Lotfi, Zohra Faïza, Salwa Mohamed
Votes: 10
50. Ommi Traki (1973)
90 min | Comedy
Ommi Traki is an old woman, active and mingled with everything, who arranges everything in her family and in her neighborhood. Around her are her husband Salah, who is content to observe ... See full summary »
Director: Abderrazek Hammami | Stars: Zohra Faïza, Fatma Bahri, Habib Belhareth, Mohamed Ben Ali
Votes: 9
51. Yusra (1971)
90 min | Mystery
On his birthday, Sadri walked out on his mistress Lisa, and the party planned in his honor. While walking along the beaches of Carthage in the dead of night, he sees a young woman rise up out of the waves. She told him her name was Yusra.
Director: Rachid Ferchiou | Stars: Ewa Swann, Richard Leduc, M'Rad Bey, Uta Bone
Votes: 23
52. Autumn Rain (1970)
85 min | Drama
A poor family abandoned by their father, an unemployed brother dreams to emigrate and sister who works in a factory, falls for a young mechanic who seduces and abandons her.
Director: Ahmed Khechine | Stars: Aly Borgini, Habib Chaari, Khedija Jenaoui, Hassiba Rochdi
Votes: 9
53. Mother of Abbes (1970)
90 min | Crime, Drama
Abbes, the best rider of the village, has fallen in love with a girl who is already engaged to Ahmed. She returns his love and marries him but the unhappy fiance will not hear of it and ... See full summary »
Director: Ali Abdelwahab | Stars: Oulaya, Zohra Faïza, Hattab Dhib, Mohamed Ben Ali
Votes: 9
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