Afef Ben Mahmoud and Khalil Benkirane, Tunisia, Morocco, 2023
SYNOPSIS
Aida, a member of a dance troupe on tour in Morocco, provokes Hedi, her partner in life and on stage. He injures her in front of the horrified eyes of the other troupe members, triggering a series of events during a long night of wandering through an Atlas forest on their way to the doctor in a nearby village.
BIOFILMOGRAPHY
Afef Ben Mahmoud has played lead roles for major Tunisian directors. She founded Mésanges Films and produced Les Épouvantails (2019) by Bouzid, in which she also starred. Khalil Benkirane directs the San Francisco Arab Film Festival. He moved to Qatar in 2008, joining Al Jazeera Children Channel and later the Doha Film Institute.