Aïcha

The only survivor of a bus crash, Aya escapes her life. But her new identity is threatened by an event she is witness to.

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Credits

  • Director-screenwriter

    Mehdi M. Barsaoui

  • With

    Fatma Sfar, Nidhal Saadi, Yasmine Dimassi

  • Tunisia-France-Italy-Saudi Arabia-Qatar 2024. 123min

  • Courtesy of

    The Party Film Sales

  • Language

    Arabic

    With English subtitles

Introduction

Having felt trapped in her life and with people believing she died in a crash, Aya flees to Tunis under a new identity. But when she witnesses police violence against a civilian and fingers point towards her as the possible guilty party, it’s not just the new world she has created for herself that is at threat. Mehdi M. Barsaoui (A Son) has created a taut, all-too-believable character study.

Isra Al Kassi

Content warning

Contains sexual scenes, sexual violence, graphic violence and drug use.

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