A TALE OF LOVE AND DESIRE


A TALE OF LOVE AND DESIRE

Leyla Bouzid - Tunisia


Synopsis

Ahmed, 18, French of Algerian origin, grew up in the suburbs of Paris. At the university, he ‎meets Farah, a young Tunisian girl, full of energy, who has just arrived in Paris. While ‎discovering a corpus of sensual and erotic Arabic literature he never imagined existed, ‎Ahmed falls deep in love with Farah, and although literally overwhelmed...‎



Film details

Type : Fiction
Duration : 102 min
Year of production : 2021
Country : Tunisia
Director : Leyla Bouzid





Leyla Bouzid

Graduated from La Fémis. In 2015, her first feature film, As I Open My Eyes, won an award at the Venice Film Festival and then selected at numerous international festivals. A Tale of Love and Desire is her second feature film, screened at Critics’ Week in Cannes.