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Erige Sehiri’s beautiful and intimate new film finds three Ivorian women, each attempting to improve their lot, thrown together in Tunisia.

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Credits

  • Director

    Erige Sehiri

  • Screenwriters

    Erige Sehiri, Anna Ciennik, Malika Cécile Louati

  • With

    Aïssa Maiga, Debora Lobe Naney, Laetitia Ky

  • France-Tunisia-Qatar 2025. 95min

  • Courtesy of

    Luxbox

  • Languages

    French, Arabic

    With English subtitles

Introduction

Preacher Marie, young mother Naney and student Jolie share a house, each having moved to Tunisia on the promise of a ‘better’ life. Despite their differences, they band together to shelter Kenza, an orphaned migrant who has washed ashore. Unwilling to sugar-coat the difficulties of migrant lives, Sehiri (Under the Fig Trees) presents an empathetic portrait of these women and the power of their sisterhood.

Grace Barber-Plentie

Content warning

Contains flashing images.

How to book

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