Synopsis
Aida, member of a dance troupe touring Morocco, provokes Hedi, her life and stage partner. He wounds her before the horrified eyes of the other members of the troupe, triggering a series of events through a long night of wandering in an Atlas forest, on the way to the nearby village doctor.
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Director
Afef Ben Mahmoud
Afef Ben Mahmoud dashed from an early age into a rich artistic career, initially as a dancer then as actress through numerous TV series, theater plays and films. She has held lead roles under major Tunisian directors, including Nouri Bouzid’s Making Of (2006) and recently in Streams (2021) by Mehdi Hmili, receiving the Best Actress award at the Cairo IFF. Alongside, she created Mésanges Films and produced Bouzid's latest film, The Scarecrows (2019), in which she also plays a lead role. The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival. After cinema studies, Khalil Benkirane run the San Francisco Arab Film Festival and then returned to Morocco to direct his feature documentary The White Thread. He then joined the Doha Film Institute to oversee the Grant Programme and recently he co-produced Nouri Bouzid's, The Scarecrows.