A Summer in La Goulette (1996)

Original title

Saeif Halq Al Wadi

Directed by

Férid Boughedir

Genre

drama film, comedy film

Country

Tunisia, France, Belgium

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

R

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 29 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film is set in La Goulette, a cosmopolitan Tunisian port town, during the 1960s. It follows the lives of Muslim, Jewish, and Christian teenagers and their families as tensions rise after the Six-Day War. The story shows how friendships and everyday interactions are affected by growing religious and political divides.

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What happens

A Summer in La Goulette (French: Un été à La Goulette, Arabic: صيف حلق الوادي, romanized: ṣayf Ḥalq el-Wādī) is a 1996 film by Tunisian director Férid Boughedir. It is a narrative of how intercommunal relations deteriorated in cosmopolitan La Goulette after the end of French rule, especially Muslim-Jewish relations affected by the Six-Day War and the rising impact of Islam on Tunisian society. The film also features La Goulette native Claudia Cardinale as herself. The film was entered into the 46th Berlin International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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