{"id":2575,"date":"2021-01-19T09:07:36","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T09:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/?post_type=films&#038;p=2575"},"modified":"2021-03-28T09:47:29","modified_gmt":"2021-03-28T09:47:29","slug":"arab-blues","status":"publish","type":"films","link":"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/en\/films\/arab-blues\/","title":{"rendered":"Arab Blues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Selma Derwish (Golshifteh Farahani) is a psychoanalyst, after working in France, she returns to Tunis and opens a private practice in a busy suburb. It\u2019s a far cry from her time in France and things get off to a rocky start, some of the patients mistaking Freud and his beard for a Muslim brother. Selma remains determined, recognising that there\u2019s an urgent need for mental health support in the aftermath of the revolution.<\/p>\n<p>Things get worse when she discovers she doesn\u2019t have the right license. Thus begins a Kafkaesque journey through the labyrinthine bureaucracy of the country\u2019s ministries.<\/p>\n<p>Director Manele Labidi\u2019s first feature film renders the neuroses of a country riddled with ancient traditions, in the throes of a difficult transformation with affection. This warm-hearted and radiant comedy explores the relationships at the foundation of Tunisian society, from the tortuous and bureaucratic, to the tender and authentic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Selma Derwish (Golshifteh Farahani) is a psychoanalyst, after working in France, she returns to Tunis and opens a private practice in a busy suburb. It\u2019s a far cry from her time in France and things get off to a rocky start, some of the patients mistaking Freud and his beard for a Muslim brother. Selma [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","country":[72],"duration":[142],"rating":[12],"program":[],"class_list":["post-2575","films","type-films","status-publish","hentry","country-tunisia","duration-1h-28m","rating-pg"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/films\/2575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/films"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/films"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=2575"},{"taxonomy":"duration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/duration?post=2575"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=2575"},{"taxonomy":"program","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redseafilmfest.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program?post=2575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}