The Season of Men (2000)

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

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.

atmosphericsombercontemplativerestrainedfemale-perspectiveslow-pacedemotionally layeredintrospective

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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