Arab Blues (2019)
(Un divan à Tunis)
Country: TUN/FR
Technical: col/2.35:1 88m
Director: Manele Labidi
Cast: Golshifteh Farahani, Majd Mastoura, Aïsha Ben Miled
Synopsis:
A psychotherapist returns from Paris to her native country in order to start up a practice for people truly in need, but finds herself stymied by local prejudice and, more importantly, a labyrinth of official red tape.
Review:
'You don't understand how things work here', is the oft-repeated phrase to Selma, the heroine of this wistful 'feminist' comedy (cf. Nadine Labaki, Agnès Jaoui), and of course the truth is, 'They don't'. Part of the pleasure of Farahani's sunny performance is the resilience with which she withstands the 'proud man's contumely and the insolence of office', before melting all comers with her humanity. It's a slight tale but makes its point - that developed Third World societies are just as much in need of talking through their issues - without overstaying its welcome.
(Un divan à Tunis)
Country: TUN/FR
Technical: col/2.35:1 88m
Director: Manele Labidi
Cast: Golshifteh Farahani, Majd Mastoura, Aïsha Ben Miled
Synopsis:
A psychotherapist returns from Paris to her native country in order to start up a practice for people truly in need, but finds herself stymied by local prejudice and, more importantly, a labyrinth of official red tape.
Review:
'You don't understand how things work here', is the oft-repeated phrase to Selma, the heroine of this wistful 'feminist' comedy (cf. Nadine Labaki, Agnès Jaoui), and of course the truth is, 'They don't'. Part of the pleasure of Farahani's sunny performance is the resilience with which she withstands the 'proud man's contumely and the insolence of office', before melting all comers with her humanity. It's a slight tale but makes its point - that developed Third World societies are just as much in need of talking through their issues - without overstaying its welcome.
(Un divan à Tunis)
Country: TUN/FR
Technical: col/2.35:1 88m
Director: Manele Labidi
Cast: Golshifteh Farahani, Majd Mastoura, Aïsha Ben Miled
Synopsis:
A psychotherapist returns from Paris to her native country in order to start up a practice for people truly in need, but finds herself stymied by local prejudice and, more importantly, a labyrinth of official red tape.
Review:
'You don't understand how things work here', is the oft-repeated phrase to Selma, the heroine of this wistful 'feminist' comedy (cf. Nadine Labaki, Agnès Jaoui), and of course the truth is, 'They don't'. Part of the pleasure of Farahani's sunny performance is the resilience with which she withstands the 'proud man's contumely and the insolence of office', before melting all comers with her humanity. It's a slight tale but makes its point - that developed Third World societies are just as much in need of talking through their issues - without overstaying its welcome.