Tunisian Narrative Feature Films | History
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1. 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
2. Shattered Waves (2017)
90 min | Drama, History
Hassouna, an officer in the french army, is committed to the cause of independence of his country. In disregard of the risks, he transmits information to the independence activists' ... See full summary »
Director: Habib Mestiri | Stars: Ahmed Hafiene, Fatma Nasser, Ivana Pantaleo, Atef Ben Hassine
Votes: 18
3. Rezk El-Bey Lik (2017)
200 min | Drama, History
Three officers sent by the Bey, arrives to a farming village to collect taxes. The villagers initiate the payoff sharing their goods but the bey's messengers persist in humiliating them, ... See full summary »
Director: Habib Mselmani | Stars: Ali Khemiri, Wahida Dridi, Sara Helaoui, Laroussi Zbidi
Votes: 12
4. Conflict (III) (2015)
95 min | Drama, History
The movie is about the subject of arrests and different forms of repression, physical and moral torture, that were faced by the Islamist opponents of Ben Ali's Regime and their families.
Director: Moncef Barbouch | Stars: Salah Jday, Houcine Mahnouch, Lamia Ameri, Halima Daoud
Votes: 11
5. 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
6. 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
7. Thirty (2008)
105 min | Biography, Drama, History
In a very agitated political context, the march for independence from French Colonialism, intellectual patriots, activists and freedom fighters sought to reform and develop the Tunisian Society at that specific time.
Director: Fadhel Jaziri | Stars: Ali Jaziri, Maher El Hefidhi, Rami Afana, Walid Nahdi
Votes: 13
8. 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
9. Le nombril du monde (1993)
145 min | Drama, History
Tunisia, early thirties, the young and plump Bajou, lives modestly with his parents. One day after a flood, his father suddenly disappears. Thanks to his uncle and his cousin Marcel, he ... See full summary »
Director: Ariel Zeitoun | Stars: Michel Boujenah, Thomas Langmann, Delphine Forest, Roger Hanin
Votes: 104
10. The Dawn (1967)
95 min | Drama, History, War
In the last months of the French colonization of Tunisia, around 1954, three young people of different conditions, Mustapha, from a traditionalist and hardworking middle class, Hedi, a ... See full summary »
Director: Omar Khlifi | Stars: Habib Chaari, Mohamed Darragi, Bchira Hah, Ahmed Hamza
Votes: 14
11. Fellagas (1970)
104 min | Drama, History, War
The story spans ten years, from 1951 to 1961, during the process of resistance against the French and conquest of independence. Jarbou, in love with his cousin Rebh, sees himself supplanted... See full summary »
Director: Omar Khlifi | Stars: Habib Chaari, Lewis Didzel, Brahim Ezzidi, Mokhtar Hachicha
Votes: 16
12. Redeyef 54 (1999)
91 min | Comedy, Drama, History
Tunis, winter of 1954, the events that follow bring together two intellectuals Brahim and François, they arrive from France and find themselves in the same train that will lead them to phosphate plants in Redeyef, south of Tunisia.
Director: Aly Abidy | Stars: Mounir Argui, Faouzia Badr, Hamma Balti, Eymen Ben Daoud
Votes: 13
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