CNCI
JCC 2022

Tunisian


Tunisian

Moncef Barbouch - Tunisia


Synopsis

In 1936, the first Tunisian women's organization was born: the Union of MuslimWomen of Tunisia.The initiative is that of a pioneer of the feminist movement: Bchira Ben Mrad. This docu-fiction dedicated to this great figure of feminism, traces the journey of the activist and her colleagues , of their political and social actions from the 1930s until to her house arrest and her death.Exceptional testimonials, unpublished documents and cinematographic reconstruction through the places of her stolen memory, constitute the story of an exceptional destiny of this exceptional woman whose life and work are obscured by history.



Film details

Duration : 70 min
Year of production : 2023
Country : Tunisia
Screenwriter : Moncef Barbouch
Cinematography : Mohamed Ali EL Feji
Editor : Farhat Boufarik / Mohamed Saleh Chebbi
Director : Moncef Barbouch
Production company : Les artistes unis





Moncef Barbouch

His relationship with cinema began since he was a boy when he lived above Al-Hamra Cinema in Tunis, when the films “The Dawn of Islam”, “Islam” and “Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi” were full of hearing and sight, and at that time it was called SUPER PRODUCTION. About a twenty-minute stor