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Toefl Al-Shams (2014)

Toefl Al-Shams poster
Original title
L'Enfant du Soleil
Directed by
Taïeb Louhichi
Genre
drama film, adventure film
Country
Tunisia
Runtime
1h 12m
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Three young people break into a villa after a night out. They find the owner, a man in a wheelchair who is a writer, and their encounter changes their perspective.

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What happens

Children of the Sun (Persian: Toefl Al-Shams; French: L'Enfant du Soleil) is a 2014 Tunisian drama film directed by Taieb Louhichi. After a night out and about, three youth break into a villa, only to discover that the wheelchair-using owner of the villa is actually inside. Faced by a prospect that they never accounted for, they soon come to know the owner, whom they discover is a writer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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