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The Season of Men (2000)

The Season of Men poster
Original title
موسم الرجال
Directed by
Moufida Tlatli
Genre
drama film
Country
Tunisia, France
Runtime
2h 02m
Rating
4.7 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

On the Tunisian island of Djerba, a woman lives with her son and mother-in-law while her husband works on the mainland. She waits for his annual month-long visit, which brings tension and suppressed feelings to the surface.

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What happens

The Season of Men (Arabic: موسم الرجال, translit. Maussim al-rijal, French: La saison des hommes) is a 2000 French-Tunisian drama film directed by Moufida Tlatli. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. The title of the film, The Season of Men, refers to the one month out of the year that the women's husbands come to the Island of Djerba. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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