Harka (2022)

Directed by

Lotfy Nathan

Genre

drama film

Country

Tunisia, Germany, France, Luxembourg

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

TP

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 37 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young Tunisian man struggles to make a living selling contraband fuel after his father's death. As he faces mounting pressure from authorities and a difficult family situation, he grows increasingly desperate.

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What happens

Harka is a 2022 internationally co-produced drama film, written and directed by Lotfy Nathan, in his narrative directorial debut, inspired by Mohamed Bouazizi's self-immolation that sparked the Tunisian revolution and Arab Spring in 2010 and 2011. It stars Adam Bessa, Salima Maatoug, Ikbal Harbi and Najib Allagui. It had its world premiere at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival on 19 May 2022, in the Un Certain Regard section, where lead actor Adam Bessa won the award for Best Performance. It was released theatrically in France by Dulac Distribution on 2 November 2022. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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