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The Silences of the Palace
Sat, Feb 19 | 7:30pm | TMT
A story of loss and love, The Silences of the Palace follows a mother and a daughter at two crucial times in their lives and, also, in the history of Tunisia. In the 1960s, Alia returns to the colonial palace she grew up in and, in flashbacks, recalls the struggles of her mother. Examining class, gender, and colonialism, this tour de force film also features the screen debut of now-superstar Hend Sabry.
DIRECTOR: Moufida Tlatli.
CAST: Hend Sabry, Ghalya Lacroix, Nejia Ouerghi.
1994. 114 min. Tunisia/France. Color. Arabic, French. 35mm.
The Season of Men
Sat, Feb 19 | 9:30pm | TMT
Moufida Tlatli’s second feature looks at an intergenerational group of women on Djerba Island, isolated from both broader Tunisian society and, moreover, from men who, for work, live away in Tunis for 11 months out of the year. Aïcha, who married young, wishes to follow her husband to the mainland, but first he decrees that she must bear him a son. Shifting between past and present, Tlatli examines the pains, frustrations, and joys of the women living in-between two worlds.
DIRECTOR: Moufida Tlatli.
CAST: Rabiaa Ben Abdallah, Sabah Bouzouita, Ghalia Ben Ali, Hend Sabry. 2000. 122 min. Tunisia/France. Color. Arabic, French. 35mm.
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