/The String (2009).jpg)
/The String (2009)2.jpg)
String (The)
Original Title
Le Fil- Director: Mehdi Ben Attia
- Writer: Mehdi Ben Attia; Olivier Laneurie
- Producer: Anne-Cécile Berthomeau; Farès Ladjimi
CGiii Comment
It does present an incredibly important message - shake up those old taboos.
Unfortunately, it does it in such an unlikeable way.
A litany of odious characters: the mother and son are utterly detestable.
The story takes giant leaps of faith which makes it difficult to actually connect with anything that is going on.
With a few cuts, the string especially (ridiculous idea), the nightclub scene, the beach scene (redundant comedy) - the film would have benefited enormously.
A re-casting of the male lead and, maybe, there could have been an important film.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Malik has a lot on his plate when he returns home to Tunisia after living in France. He's processing his father's death, he can't come out to his mother, and his childhood anxieties have resurfaced. But all of Malik's problems seem to fade away when he falls for Bilal, the dreamy houseboy at his mother's bourgeois estate.
Cast & Characters
Claudia Cardinale as Sara;
Antonin Stahly-Vishwanadan as Malik;
Salim Kechiouche as Bilal;
Driss Ramdi as Hakim;
Ramla Ayari as Siryne;
Ali Mrabet as Wassim;
Abir Bennani as Leila;
Rihab Mejri as Wafa;
Lotfi Dziri as Abdelaziz;
Hosni Khaled as Moncef;
Anissa B'Diri as Aida;
Djaouida Vaughan as Frida;
Nejia Zemni as La grand-mere de Malik;
Mohamed Graiaa as Le fou de la plage;
Hakim Boumsaoudi as Le premier amant