Aïcha Movie Poster

Aïcha

Arabic
September 5, 2024
2hr 3min

Movie Details:

CountriesFrance
Tunisia
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Italy
Language Arabic
GenreDrama
Release dateSeptember 5, 2024 (Venice Film Festival, Italy)
Running time2hr 3min
StarringYassmine Dimassi
Nidhal Saadi
Hela Ayed
Fatma Sfarr
Directed by Mehdi Barsaoui
Written byMehdi Barsaoui
Produced byHabib Attia
Marc Irmer
Cinematography by Antoine Héberlé
Edited by Camille Toubkis
Music byAmin Bouhafa
Production Companies13 Prods
ART-Sunnyland Film
CineWaves Films
Cinétéléfilms
Dolce Vita Films
Dorje Film
SunLand Films
Distributor I Wonder Pictures (Italy)
Jour2Fête (France)
La Aventura Audiovisual (Spain)

Cast & Characters:

  • Yassmine Dimassi
  • Nidhal Saadi
  • Hela Ayed
  • Fatma Sfarr

Storyline:

Aya, in her late twenties, feels trapped in her life with her parents in southern Tunisia, seeing no prospects for change. One day, the minivan she commutes in daily between her town and the hotel where she works crashes, leaving her as the sole survivor. Realising this could be her chance for a fresh start, she flees to Tunis under a new identity, but everything is soon jeopardised when she becomes the main witness to a police blunder.

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