Kawther Ben Henya - Tunisia
Sam Ali,a young Sensitive and impulsive Syrian left his country for Lebanon to escape the war. To be able to travel to Europe and live with the love of his life, he accepts to have his back tattooed by one of by the World’s most sulfurous contemporary artist. Turning his own body into a prestigious piece of art, Sam will however come to realize that his decision might actually mean anything but freedom.
Duration : 100 min
Year of production : 2020
Country : Tunisia
Director : Kawther Ben Henya
Kawther Ben Henya
Kaouther Ben Hania studied cinema in Tunis (EDAC) and in Paris (la Fémis and la Sorbonne).
«Challat of Tunis,» Kaouther’s first feature film, opened ACID section at Cannes Film Festival 2014.
Her feature documentary «Zaineb Hates the Snow» premiered in Locarno 2016, won Golden Tanit in Carthage Film Festival and participated in many festivals like Hot Docs, DIFF, Cinemed…
«Beauty and the Dogs» started a brilliant career in Cannes Film Festival «Un Certain Regard» 2017 receiving the award for Best Sound Creation. Afterwards the film has been selected in several festivals and distributed in more than 20 countries.
Her latest movie “The Man Who Sold his Skin” 2020 just won during its premiere best Actor award in Venice Orizzonti competition and the award for best Arabic film at El Gouna film festival 2020 . The film is having a successful distribution worldwide.
