RED PATH
Genre
Drama
Running time
101 minutes
Year
2024
Language
Arabic
Subtitle
English and Arabic
Country
Tunisia, France, Belgium, Poland, Saudi Arabia and Qatar
Director
Lotfi Achour
Bio
Producer
Anissa Daoud, Sébastien Hussenot, Lotfi Achour
Cast
Ali Helali, Yassine Samouni, Wided Dabebi, Jemii Lamari, Latifa Gafsi, Salha Nasraoui, Younes Naouar
Scriptwriter
Natacha De Pontcharra, Doria Achour, Sylvain Cattenoy, Lotfi Achour
Ashraf, a shepherd boy working with his teenage cousin in impoverished northern Tunisia faces the unimaginable when Islamic State terrorists set on them and behead his cousin Nizar in front of him. Ashraf has no choice but to take the head back to his family, who can do nothing: the terrorists are a constant threat, while the police are indifferent to the problems of poor herders. Nizar’s parents fixate on trying to recover his body for a proper burial, but Ashraf has no way of dealing with his trauma, clinging to the visions he has of Nizar during which he can talk to his cousin’s ghost. An extraordinary journey into the wounded psyche of a child in a war zone, heightened by Ali AlHleili’s captivating performance.
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