Beauty and the Dogs (2017)
- Original title
- على كف عفريت
- Directed by
- Kaouther Ben Hania
- Genre
- drama film, thriller film
- Country
- Tunisia, Lebanon, Sweden, France
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Rated
- U
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 87 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young Tunisian woman seeks help from a hospital after a violent sexual assault. She struggles against bureaucratic indifference and social hostility as she tries to report the crime.
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What happens
Beauty and the Dogs (Arabic: على كف عفريت, romanized: ʿAlā kaff ʿifrīt, lit. 'In the Palm of a Devil') is a 2017 internationally co-produced drama film directed by Kaouther Ben Hania. It premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. It was selected as the Tunisian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards, but was not nominated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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