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Press Reviews

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Remarkable first film where the melodrama turns into a thriller, in a corrupted and completely disoriented Tunisia.
La Voix du Nord
La Voix du Nord
Christophe Caron
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Wonderfully acted, Mehdi M. Barsaoui's first feature film mixes suspense and intimate drama.
Le Figaro
Le Figaro
Eric Neuhoff
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With a breathtaking suspense, "A Son" is a beautiful film about solidarity, forgiveness and the madness that lurks in the face of the unbearable.
Le Parisien
Le Parisien
Catherine Balle
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Synopsis

In the summer of 2011, Fares and Meriem leave with their ten-year-old son Aziz for a weekend in Tataouine, in the south of Tunisia. On their way back, they are caught in a terrorist ambush, and a stray bullet seriously injures the boy. Hit in the abdomen, Aziz arrives at the hospital in critical condition, and only a liver transplant could save him. Fares and Meriem find themselves in a race against time to preserve their child's life.

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Selections & Awards

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Best Actor for Sami Bouajila
2021
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Arab Cinema's Horizons Award
2019
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Best Film
2019
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Best young director
2019
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Best actor for Sami Bouajila
2021
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Best Actor for Sami Bouajila
2019
Mehdi
Barsaoui
Mehdi Barsaoui

About the Author

Background

Born in 1984 in Tunisia, Mehdi Barsaoui was "bottle-fed on cinema" by his family. A director father, a producer father-in-law, a video maker cousin: as a matter of course, Mehdi Barsaoui enrolled in film school in Tunis after passing his high school diploma. When he finished his studies, he flew to Italy to complete his training at the DAMS in Bologna. Back in Tunisia, he worked as an editor before starting, in the late 2000s, to shoot short films. Over the next decade, he shot three, as well as two documentaries. Mehdi Barsaoui unveils his first feature film in 2019, A Son.

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