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Redeyef 54 (1997)

Redeyef 54 poster
Original title
الرديف 54
Directed by
Aly Abidy
Country
Tunisia
Runtime
1h 31m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film is set in a Tunisian mining town in 1954. It follows a day in the life of a miner named Zomra as he confronts colonial oppression.

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What happens

Redeyef 54 (arabe : الرديف 54) est un film tunisien réalisé en 1997 par Ali Labidi. Il s'inspire du roman Une journée de Zomra publié en 1968 par Mohamed Salah Jebri. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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