Aala Kaf Ifrit
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| Original title | Aala Kaf Ifrit |
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| Country of production | Tunisia |
| original language | Arabic |
| Publishing year | 2017 |
| length | 100 minutes |
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| Director | Kaouther Ben Hania |
| music | Amin Bouhafa |
| camera | Johan Holmquist |
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Aala Kaf Ifrit (French: La belle et la meute) is a Tunisian film by Kaouther Ben Hania from 2017. The film takes up real events around a young woman who is raped by police officers after the revolution and who desperately tries to to report this crime. As part of the Un certain regard section , the film was shown at the Cannes Film Festival that same year .
action
The young woman Mariam lives in a student residence in Tunis, far from her parents in the country. She illegally organizes a party with friends. She notices a young man and the two leave the party together. The next shot shows the two of them fleeing through the streets. Mariam is completely desperate. One gradually learns that she was raped while walking on the beach. The young man, Youssef, makes it clear to her that she needs a medical certificate for the act. They fail in a private clinic because Mariam no longer has any identification documents. In a crowded public clinic, they will not be admitted at first. After Youssef intervenes loudly, they are told that no investigation is possible without a police investigation. You learn that the perpetrators are police officers.
Despite Mariam's great fear of the police, they go to the police station. They are harassed by the police there, their complaint is not recorded, they have to go to the responsible police station. Once there, they are met with rejection, the couple is separated. A female police officer finally helps Mariam, her complaint is recorded and she sees the pathologist in the hospital. On her return to the police station, she recognizes her handbag in one of the police cars, her despair and anger grows bigger and bigger. The three perpetrators recognize her and she holed up in the office of the policewoman. When she wants to expel her from the office, there is a scramble, she hits the pregnant woman in the stomach. When she can no longer hide, the perpetrators confront her and lock her in a cell. You want to get her to drop the supervisory complaint. To do this, they blackmail her with a video of the rape made on her cell phone. There is another physical attack, other police officers intervene and, given the evidential value of the video, they can no longer ignore the allegations. The perpetrators are arrested.
The next day has now dawned. Mariam is confronted once more with other police officers. They assure her that the perpetrators would be convicted, but want to continue to force them to drop the inspection complaint. A public trial with all the details would only sear her and her family's honor. Meanwhile, however, Mariam has lost all fear and fatalistically proclaims that she is ready to pay any price. She leaves the police station towards the rising sun.
production
It is the second film by director Kaouther Ben Hania. The film is loosely based on the case of a woman raped by three police officers who was subsequently charged by the public prosecutor's office for immoral behavior. The special stylistic device of the film are very long sequence shots, so the film manages with extremely few cuts. The budget for the film was 850,000 euros.
criticism
The film was received very positively in the French press in particular and praised for its urgency. Anne Diatkine certifies that the film for Liberation captures the complexity of Tunisian society in just a few pictures. Jessica Saval writes for Rolling Stone that the film's shocking realism shows not just its story, but that of many similar stories. In Figaro Nathalie Simon writes that the film meets a like a punch in the stomach. It is also positively emphasized that the film does not simply describe a confrontation between women and men. Mariam receives both support and rejection from both sexes.
Awards
The film won several awards in the Francophone world. At the Cannes Festival he won the prize for the best sound film in the Un certain regard category , but had to admit defeat to the Iranian film Lerd in the competition for the best film.
Web links
- Aala Kaf Ifrit in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Aala Kaf Ifrit on AlloCiné
Individual evidence
- ↑ La Sélection officielle 2017. April 13, 2017, accessed on April 19, 2019 (French).
- ↑ Dominic Johnson: arbitrariness of the authorities in Tunisia: first raped, then accused . In: The daily newspaper: taz . September 27, 2012, ISSN 0931-9085 ( taz.de [accessed April 19, 2019]).
- ^ "La Belle" et les bêtes humaines. October 17, 2017, accessed April 19, 2019 (French).
- ↑ Jessica Saval: "La Belle et la Meute", l'enfer de la réalité. In: Rolling Stone. October 18, 2017, accessed on April 19, 2019 (fr-fr).
- ↑ La Belle et la Meute: le long chemin de croix d'une femme blessée. October 17, 2017. Retrieved April 19, 2019 .