Underplayed Gems

Oued El Bey

Oued El Bey poster
Country
Tunisia
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The catalogue in 3D

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How it feels

The series is set in Tunisia during the 1930s and 1940s under French colonial rule. It focuses on the lives and struggles of people in the mining region of Gafsa, where labor movements and social tensions rise.

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What happens

Oued El Bey (arabe : وادي الباي) est une série télévisée tunisienne diffusée en 2025 sur la Télévision tunisienne 1 pendant le mois de ramadan. Ce drame historique et social, produit par l'Établissement de la télévision tunisienne et réalisé par Raouia Marmouch, compte quinze épisodes. Le scénario est signé par Hamza Essoudani, les dialogues par Mohamed Mansouri, et la production exécutive assurée par Walid Mehrez. L’histoire se déroule dans les années 1930 et 1940, période marquée par la domination coloniale française en Tunisie sur fond de luttes syndicales dans les mines de Gafsa. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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