''A Summer in La Goulette'' (, ) is a 1996 film by

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n director

Férid Boughedir Férid Boughedir (born 1944) in Hammam Lif, is a Tunisian film director and screenwriter. Career Boughedir has directed five films since 1983. His film '' Caméra d'Afrique'' was screened at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival. In 1996, his film '' ...

. It is a narrative of how intercommunal relations deteriorated in cosmopolitan

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after the end of French rule, especially

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relations affected by the

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and the rising impact of

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on Tunisian society. The film also features La Goulette native

Claudia Cardinale Claude Joséphine Rose Cardinale (; born 15 April 1938), known as Claudia Cardinale (), is an Italian actress. Born and raised in La Goulette, a neighbourhood of Tunis, Cardinale won the "Most Beautiful Italian Girl in Tunisia" competition ...

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

Jojo the

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seller and Sicilian

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Giuseppe the fisherman, who are also his neighbours. Their daughters grow up together and share their prospects for life, but the landlord

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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 Michel Boujenah (born 3 November 1952) is a French-Tunisian Jewish actor, comedian, film director, and screenwriter. Life and career Michel Boujenah was born on 3 November 1952 in Tunis, Tunisia. He is the brother of Paul Boujenah, a film dir ...

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: herself * Sonia Mankaï : Meriem * Ava Cohen-Jonathan : Tina * Sarah Pariente : Gigi * Kais Ben Messaoud : Chouchou * Mohamed Driss : Miró

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* 1996 films French coming-of-age drama films 1990s French-language films 1990s Arabic-language films 1990s Italian-language films Films about race and ethnicity 1990s coming-of-age drama films Films set in Tunisia Films set in 1967 Films directed by Férid Boughedir Works about the Six-Day War 1996 drama films 1996 multilingual films French multilingual films Tunisian multilingual films Belgian multilingual films 1990s French films Les Films du Losange films {{Tunisia-film-stub

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