A Summer in La Goulette

A Summer in La Goulette (French: Un été à La Goulette, Arabic: صيف حلق الوادي, romanizedṣayf Ḥalq el-Wādī) is a 1996 film by Tunisian director Férid Boughedir. It is a narrative of how intercommunal relations deteriorated in cosmopolitan La Goulette after the end of French rule, especially Muslim-Jewish relations affected by the Six-Day War and the rising impact of Islam on Tunisian society.

A Summer in La Goulette
Directed byFérid Boughedir
Written byFérid Boughedir
Nouri Bouzid
Produced byMarsa Films / Cinarès Production
StarringMustapha Adouani
Gamil Ratib
Sonia Mankaï
Music byJean-Marie Sénia
Distributed byLes Films du Losange
Release date
  • 1996 (1996)
Running time
89 minutes
Countries
  • France
  • Belgium
  • Tunisia
Languages
  • French
  • Tunisian Arabic
  • Italian

The film also features La Goulette native Claudia Cardinale as herself. The film was entered into the 46th Berlin International Film Festival.[1]

Plot

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Youssef (Mustapha Adouani) is a Muslim who works on the TGM and lives in La Goulette. His best friends are Jewish Jojo the brik seller and Sicilian Catholic Giuseppe the fisherman, who are also his neighbours. Their daughters grow up together and share their prospects for life, but the landlord Hadj Beji (Gamil Ratib) has his eyes on Youssef's daughter Meriem (Sonia Mankaï).

Cast

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Berlinale: 1996 Programme". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2012-01-01.
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