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Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces
Original Title
Asfour Stah- Director: Férid Boughedir
- Writer: Férid Boughedir; Nouri Bouzid
- Producer: Ahmed Baha Attia; Sylvain Bursztejn
CGiii Comment
It's just a silly, coming-of-age (sex) comedy with more than enough camp characters to make you foam at the mouth.
The acting is bizarre - exaggerated gestures, somewhat reminiscent of the silent era dramatists.
In essence, this is a Tunisian version of a terrible teen American movie - complete with the unnecessary poofs.
Culturally, it's different - but, that same old preoccupation with sex is a worldwide condition.
Nothing new - just a little farce-like weirdness.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
A coming-of-age comedy/drama set in Tunisia. Twelve-year-old Noura is an impressionable boy who must learn to reconcile two conflicting worlds - the loving world of Muslim women and the vastly different, harsher world of men - while also dealing with his own budding sexuality.
Cast & Characters
Selim Boughedir as Noura;
Mustapha Adouani as Si Azzouz;
Rabia Ben Abdallah as La Jamila;
Mohammed Driss as Salih;
Helene Catzaras as Latifa;
Fatima Ben Sa-dane as Salouha;
Abdelhamid Gayess as Cheick Mohktar;
Jamel Sassi as Moncef;
Radhouane Meddeb as Mounir;
Carolyn Chelby as Leila;
Zahira Ben Ammar as La matrone;
Fethi Haddaoui as Khemais;
Aissa Harrath as Ali;
Taoufik Chabchoub as Colombo;
Siah Msadek as Le boucher et l'ogre