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Sabriya (1997)

Sabriya poster
Directed by
Abderrahmane Sissako
Genre
romance film
Country
Tunisia, Mali
Runtime
25 min
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman in Tunisia navigates a relationship against the backdrop of societal expectations. The story explores love and personal choice within a specific cultural context.

romanticmelancholicthoughtfulslow-pacedemotionalintimateculturalcontemplative

What happens

Sabriya is a 1997 film. Sabriya is part of the project "Africa Dreaming", a chronicle of Africa in six acts, six contemporary stories which share the theme of love. They are psychological of social dramas presented in the specific cultural and traditional contexts of each of the six countries represented: South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Mozambique, Mauritania and Senegal. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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