A Tale of Love and Desire
FrenchUne histoire d'amour et de désir
Directed byLeyla Bouzid
Written byLeyla Bouzid
Produced bySandra da Fonseca
Olivier Père
StarringSami Outalbali
Zbeida Belhajamor
Diong-Kéba Tacu
Aurélia Petit
Mahia Zrouki
Bellamine Abdelmalek
CinematographySébastien Goepfert
Edited byLilian Corbeille
Music byLucas Gaudin
Production
companies
Blue Monday Productions
Arte France Cinéma (co-production)
Distributed byHakka Distribution (Tunisia)
Pyramide Distribution (France)
Release date
  • 1 September 2021 (2021-09-01) (France)
Running time
102 minutes
CountriesFrance
Tunisia
LanguagesFrench
Arabic
Box office$193,359

A Tale of Love and Desire (French: Une histoire d'amour et de désir) is a 2021 Tunisian drama film directed by Leyla Bouzid and co-produced by Sandra da Fonseca and Olivier Père.[1] The film stars Sami Outalbali and Zbeida Belhajamor in the lead roles whereas Diong-Kéba Tacu, Aurélia Petit, Mahia Zrouki and Bellamine Abdelmalek made supportive roles.[2] The film revolves around a erotic Arabian love affair between Ahmed, a 18-year old, French of Algerian origin, and Farah, a young Tunisian girl.[3][4][5]

The film made its premiere on 1 September 2021. The film received positive reviews from critics.[6] The film was selected in the official competition for Best feature film and for the Golden Stallion of Yennenga for Best film.[7]

Cast

  • Sami Outalbali as Ahmed Ouannas
  • Zbeida Belhajamor as Farah Kallel
  • Diong-Kéba Tacu as Saidou
  • Aurélia Petit as Professeur Anne Morel
  • Mahia Zrouki as Dalila
  • Bellamine Abdelmalek as Karim
  • Mathilde Lamusse as Léa
  • Samir El Hakim as Hakim
  • Khemissa Zarouel as Faouzia
  • Sofia Lesaffre as Malika
  • Baptiste Carrion-Weiss as Damien
  • Charles Poitevin as Garçon rue Mouffetard
  • Omar Khasb as Garçon bagarre cité
  • Zaineb Bouzid as Chiraz

Reception

In France, the film averages 4/5 on the AlloCiné from 25 press reviews.[8] On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, which categorizes reviews as positive or negative only, the film has an approval rating of 100% calculated based on 6 critics comments. By comparison, with the same opinions being calculated using a weighted arithmetic mean, the rating is 6.0/10.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Une histoire d'amour et de désir A Tale of Love and Desire | La Semaine de la Critique of Festival de Cannes". Semaine de la Critique du Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
  2. ↑ "A Tale of Love and Desire : Film 2021". moviepilot.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-10-05.
  3. ↑ Meza, Ed (2021-10-03). "Leyla Bouzid on 'A Tale of Love and Desire,' Arab Masculinity, Eastern Literature and the Sensuality of Her Actors". Variety. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
  4. ↑ "A Tale of Love and Desire, Feature Film, 2019-2021: Crew United". Retrieved 2021-10-05.
  5. ↑ "A TALE OF LOVE AND DESIRE". inter.pyramidefilms.com. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
  6. ↑ Gyarkye, Lovia (2021-07-17). "'A Tale of Love and Desire' ('Une histoire d'amour et de désir'): Film Review - Cannes 2021". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
  7. ↑ "Tunisia: 4 Tunisian Films in FESPACO Line-Up, "Une Histoire d'Amour Et De Désir " in Official Competition". allAfrica.com. 2021-09-13. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
  8. ↑ "Une histoire d'amour et de désir". AlloCiné. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  9. ↑ "A Tale of Love and Desire". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
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