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Halfaouine

Released Jun 22, 1990 1h 38m Drama List
Reviews 75% Popcornmeter Fewer than 50 Ratings
Noura (Selim Boughedir) is in the throes of puberty, and it's making life difficult for him in his Tunisian town, where the lives of men and women are kept utterly separate. The boy finds himself accepted in neither world. He is not yet a man, and his interest in the female body has gotten him banned from the women's baths. Soon the sexually precocious 12-year-old is peeping on his female neighbor, salivating over his family's new servant and befriending local pariah Salih (Mohamed Driss).
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Alison Macor Austin Chronicle Rated: 3.5/5 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Carol Cling Las Vegas Review-Journal Rated: 4/5 Mar 12, 2004 Full Review James Berardinelli ReelViews Rated: 2.5/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Read all reviews

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Youssef B Ka production cv; côté decor w choix des acteurs cv. W el cinematography zada 3ejbtni bensba l3mor lfilm. El msg mt3 el film 4aher w wa4e7 bel bahi w mafhoum meloul, el plot/storyline mt3 el film rzina barcha w tfaded. My final score : 6.1/10. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/01/24 Full Review Audience Member A great coming of age story worth watching.. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Noura (Selim Boughedir) is in the throes of puberty, and it's making life difficult for him in his Tunisian town, where the lives of men and women are kept utterly separate. The boy finds himself accepted in neither world. He is not yet a man, and his interest in the female body has gotten him banned from the women's baths. Soon the sexually precocious 12-year-old is peeping on his female neighbor, salivating over his family's new servant and befriending local pariah Salih (Mohamed Driss).
Director
Férid Boughedir
Producer
Ahmed Baha Attia, Sylvain Bursztejn, Eliane Stutterheim
Screenwriter
Férid Boughedir, Nouri Bouzid, Taoufik Jebali, Maryse León García
Distributor
International Film Circuit [us]
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Arabic
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 22, 1990, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 15, 2008
Runtime
1h 38m
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