ON THE EDGE
Genre
Drama
Running time
18 minutes
Year
2024
Language
Arabic
Subtitle
English and French
Country
Tunisia
Director
Sahar El Echi
Bio
Producer
Ibtissem Labidi, Sarra Abidi
Cast
Meriem Sayah, Mohammed Hassin Grayaa, Aymen Mejri
Scriptwriter
Sahar El Echi
SHOWTIME
Mon
09.
Dec
Culture Square - Cinema 3
9:30 PM - 11:10 PM
Price: 40 SAR
Tue
10.
Dec
Culture Square - Cinema 2
1:30 PM - 3:10 PM
Price: 40 SAR
Mounira sells fricassees in a used car market, a resolutely masculine place. She has an ambiguous relationship with two men, between desire, seduction, and her deep need to assert her place in this world.
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