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Nouri Bouzid
Nouri Bouzid (born 1945) is a Tunisian film director and screenwriter. He has directed seven films between 1986 and 2006. His film '' Man of Ashes'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section the 1986 Cannes Film Festival. Three years later, his film '' Golden Horseshoes'' was screened in the same section at the 1989 festival. Bouzid was featured in a 2009 documentary film about the experience of cinema in different cultures called '' Cinema Is Everywhere''. Selected filmography * '' Man of Ashes'' (1986) * '' Golden Horseshoes'' (1989) * ''Bezness'' (1992) * '' The Silences of the Palace'' (1994 - writer) * ''A Summer in La Goulette'' (1996 - writer) * ''Bent Familia'' (1997) * '' The Season of Men'' (2000 - writer) * ''Making Of'' (2006) Awards *The Ibn Rushd Prize for Freedom of Thought The Ibn Rushd Prize for Freedom of Thought (; ) is a prestigious prize awarded in Germany which recognises independent, forward-thinking, individuals or organisations who have contribu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sfax
Sfax ( ; , ) is a major port city in Tunisia, located southeast of Tunis. The city, founded in AD849 on the ruins of Taparura, is the capital of the Sfax Governorate (about 955,421 inhabitants in 2014), and a Mediterranean port. Sfax has a population of 341,999 (census 2022). Its main industries include phosphate, olive and nut processing, fishing (it is the largest fishing port in Tunisia) and international trade. The city is the second-most populous in the country after the capital, Tunis. History Carthaginian and Aghlabid eras Present-day Sfax was founded by the Aghlabids in AD849 on the site of the town of Taparura. The modern city has also grown to cover some other ancient settlements, most notably Thenae in its southern suburb of Thyna. Almohad era By the end of the 10th century, Sfax had become an independent city-state. The city was conquered by Roger II of Sicily in 1148 and occupied until it was liberated in 1156 after a revolt and taken by the Almoh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bezness
Bezness (Arabic: بزناس) is a Tunisian film directed by Nouri Bouzid in 1992. Synopsis Fred, a photographer, is in Tunisia to report on the « Bezness » (male prostitutes). Thanks to Roufa, Fred will discover this surprising environment where young men are confronted with the contradictions between tradition and modernity. Roufa, who's handsome and tanned, wants to leave lives from his body. His dream was to leave Sousse. Europe has always fascinated and attracted. He has both double moral and behaviour standards. He tends to be very permissive with his customers, and repressive and conservative with the people around him, especially with his young fiancee, Khomsa. This movie is a portrait of the struggle of the youth, confronted with the contradictions between the west and the east, traditions and modernity. Technical presentation * Director: Nouri Bouzid * Scenario: Nouri Bouzid * Editing: Kahéna Attia * Images : Alain Levent * Sound: Hachemi Joulak * Music: Anou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Sfax
The term "the people" refers to the public or common mass of people of a polity. As such it is a concept of human rights law, international law as well as constitutional law, particularly used for claims of popular sovereignty. In contrast, a people is any plurality of persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term "a people" refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or nation. Concepts Legal Chapter One, Article One of the Charter of the United Nations states that "peoples" have the right to self-determination. Though the mere status as peoples and the right to self-determination, as for example in the case of Indigenous peoples (''peoples'', as in all groups of indigenous people, not merely all indigenous persons as in ''indigenous people''), does not automatically provide for independent sovereignty and therefore secession. Indeed, judge Ivor Jennings identified the inherent problems in the right of "peoples" to self-determination, as i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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1945 Births
1945 marked the end of World War II, the fall of Nazi Germany, and the Empire of Japan. It is also the year concentration camps were liberated and the only year in which atomic weapons have been used in combat. Events World War II will be abbreviated as “WWII” January * January 1 – WWII: ** Germany begins Operation Bodenplatte, an attempt by the ''Luftwaffe'' to cripple Allied air forces in the Low Countries. ** Chenogne massacre: German prisoners are allegedly killed by American forces near the village of Chenogne, Belgium. * January 6 – WWII: A German offensive recaptures Esztergom, Hungary from the Soviets. * January 9 – WWII: American and Australian troops land at Lingayen Gulf on western coast of the largest Philippine island of Luzon, occupied by Japan since 1942. * January 12 – WWII: The Soviet Union begins the Vistula–Oder Offensive in Eastern Europe, against the German Army. * January 13 – WWII: The Soviet Union begins the East Prussia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ibn Rushd Prize For Freedom Of Thought
The Ibn Rushd Prize for Freedom of Thought (; ) is a prestigious prize awarded in Germany which recognises independent, forward-thinking, individuals or organisations who have contributed to democracy and freedom of speech in the Arab world. The prize has been awarded annually since 1999, with the exception of 2016, by the non-governmental Ibn-Rushd-Fund (); the fund itself was founded in 1998 on the occasion of the 800th anniversary of the Andalusian philosopher and thinker Ibn Rushd's death (often Latinized as Averroes Ibn Rushd (14 April 112611 December 1198), archaically Latinization of names, Latinized as Averroes, was an Arab Muslim polymath and Faqīh, jurist from Al-Andalus who wrote about many subjects, including philosophy, theology, medicine, astron ...), and on the 50th anniversary of the UN Declaration of Human Rights. Prize winners References External links Ibn Rushd Fund for Freedom of Thought {{award-stub Politics awards Islam and society [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Making Of (2006 Film)
''Making of '' is a 2006 Tunisian film. Synopsis After failing sentimentally, with his family and at school, Bahta, a 25 years old breakdancer, feels down and, due to the Iraq war, reconsiders his clandestine escape. A rebel and disobedient by nature, the leader of a little breakdancer band, accomplishes many fearless deeds, provoking the police's anger. Wanted, he falls in with fundamentalist Fundamentalism is a tendency among certain groups and individuals that are characterized by the application of a strict literal interpretation to scriptures, dogmas, or ideologies, along with a strong belief in the importance of distinguishin ...s. The brainwashing process will not take place without mishaps. Awards * Cartago 2006 * FESPACO 2007 * Tetuán 2007 * TRIBECA 2007 * Taormina 2007 * Festival de New Delhi * Festival de Orán * FCAT 2008 External links * 2006 films Tunisian drama films {{Tunisia-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Season Of Men
''The Season of Men'' (, translit. ''Maussim al-rijal'', ) is a 2000 French-Tunisian drama film directed by Moufida Tlatli. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. The title of the film, The Season of Men, refers to the one month out of the year that the women's husbands come to the Island of Djerba. Cast * Rabia Ben Abdallah as Aicha (as Rabiaa Ben Abdallah) * Sabah Bouzouita as Zeineb * Ghalia Benali as Meriem (as Ghalla Ben Ali) * Hend Sabri as Emna * Ezzedine Gannoun as Said (as Ezzedine Guennoun) * Mouna Noureddine as Matriarch * Azza Baaziz as Meriem as a child * Lilia Falkat as Emna as a child * Adel Hergal as Aziz * Houyem Rassaa as Zohra * Kaouther Bel Haj Ali as Fatma * Néjib Belkadhi as Sami * Jamal Madani as Younes * Sadok Boutouria as Am Ali * Zakia Ben Ayed as Regaya * Wajiha Jendoubi as Salwa Plot An 18-year-old on the island Djerba, Aïcha, is married to Said, who works in Tunis for much of the year. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bent Familia
''Bent Familia'' is a 1997 drama set in Tunisia about Amina (Leila Nassim) a married Muslim woman living in Tunis with her two daughters. Even though she is allowed certain freedoms as a Muslim woman this is curtailed when she meets her old friend from school called Aida acted by (Amel Hédhili). A mother of two, Aida took a firm stand not to tolerate her husband's infidelities. She divorced and considers herself a liberated woman. Then there is their mutual friend Fatiha ( Nadia Kaci), an intellectual who is adamant that she is going to leave Tunis and settle in the West. This strong triangle of friendship threatens Amina's husband, Majid (Raoul Ben Amor), another adulterer who tries to bring the might of the chauvinist side of Muslim society down on her. Directed by Nouri Bouzid, this well-shot film presents us with the very real problems of women in contemporary North Africa, but offers no easy solutions. Cast * Raouf Ben Amor * Kawther El Bardi *Abderazek * Nadia Kaci * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Summer In La Goulette
''A Summer in La Goulette'' (, ) is a 1996 film by Tunisian director Férid Boughedir. It is a narrative of how intercommunal relations deteriorated in cosmopolitan La Goulette after the end of French rule, especially Muslim-Jewish relations affected by the Six-Day War and the rising impact of Islam on Tunisian society. The film also features La Goulette native Claudia Cardinale as herself. The film was entered into the 46th Berlin International Film Festival. Plot Youssef ( Mustapha Adouani) is a Muslim who works on the TGM and lives in La Goulette. His best friends are Jewish Jojo the brik seller and Sicilian Catholic Giuseppe the fisherman, who are also his neighbours. Their daughters grow up together and share their prospects for life, but the landlord Hadj Beji ( Gamil Ratib) has his eyes on Youssef's daughter Meriem ( Sonia Mankaï). Cast * Gamil Ratib : Hadj Beji * Mustapha Adouani : Youssef * Guy Nataf : Jojo * Ivo Salerno : Giuseppe * Michel Boujenah : TSF * Cla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Silences Of The Palace
''The Silences of the Palace'' () is a 1994 Tunisian film co-written and directed by Moufida Tlatli. The film investigates issues of gender, class and sexuality in the Arab world through the lives of two generations of women at a prince's palace. Seen through the eyes of an attractive young wedding singer, it exposes the sexual and social servitude of a group of women in an elaborate palace during the French Protectorate in Tunisia. Tlatli wrote the film in response to her own mother's sudden severe illness and her subsequent realization of how little she knew about her life. Plot Set in 1950s Tunisia, the film is about a 25-year-old woman, Alia, who returns to her place of birth—a prince's palace in which her mother, Khedija, worked as a house servant and mistress. Alia had fled the palace ten years earlier, at which time she spent burying tortured memories of her childhood. In her visit to pay respects for the death of the prince, Alia wanders through the largely abandoned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
