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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

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.

tenseeye-openingslow-burnreflectiveunexpectedgroundedintimatethought-provoking

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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