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Documentary, 66 min

behind the sun

A film by dhia jerbi

2024
France and Tunisia

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Dhia Jerbi

Synopsis

Dhia, 29, left Tunisia after participating in the Revolution. Now exiled in France, he worries about passing his stutter on to his two-year-old son, Elia. Soon, the challenge shifts from managing fluent speech to figuring out how to talk to Elia about Tunisia.

Istanbul Film Festival, Turkiye
Visions du Réel, Switzerland
Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia
The Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO), Burkina Faso
Production Company(ies):
La Société du Sensible, GoGoGo Films and Henia Production
Fund(ers):
The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC)
Aid for French-Tunisian Co-Production - National Center for Cinema and Animated Image (CNC - CNCI)
The South Region and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region.
Francophonie Images Fund (OIF)

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