Arab Blues (2019)

Original title

Un divan à Tunis

Directed by

Manele Labidi

Genre

comedy film, comedy drama

Country

Tunisia, France

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

AL

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 247 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A psychoanalyst returns to her home country Tunisia after many years abroad. She struggles to set up a new practice in a society that is skeptical of therapy.

funnywarmobservationalgroundedgentlecandidunderstatedfeel-good

What happens

Arab Blues (French: Un divan à Tunis, lit. 'A couch in Tunis') is a 2019 French-Tunisian comedy film written and directed by Manele Labidi Labbé, in her feature debut. Starring Golshifteh Farahani as Selma, it follows a psychoanalyst moving back to her native Tunisia. The film had its world premiere in the Giornate degli Autori section of the 76th Venice International Film Festival on 4 September 2019. It was theatrically released in France on 12 February 2020 by Diaphana Distribution, and in Tunisia on 26 February by Hakka Distribution. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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