A summer in La Goulette
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | A summer in La Goulette |
| Original title | Un été à La Goulette |
| Country of production | Tunisia , France , Belgium |
| original language | French , Arabic |
| Publishing year | 1996 |
| length | 100 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Férid Boughedir |
| script |
Nouri Bouzid Férid Boughedir |
| production | Hassinie Souti |
| music | Jean-Marie Sénia |
| camera | Robert Alazraki |
| cut | Andrée Davanture |
| occupation | |
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A Summer in La Goulette is a Tunisian-French-Belgian film from 1996. It was directed by Férid Boughedir . The comedy about three teenagers and their fathers ran in 1996 in the competition at the Berlin International Film Festival .
action
In the summer of 1967 three young girls experience their first love in La Goulette , a seaside resort near Tunis . Meriem is Tunisian and Muslim, Gigi is of Italian descent and Christian, Tina comes from a Tunisian family of Jewish faith. The fathers of the three girls Youssef, Giuseppe and Jojo also have a long friendship. The girls, who do not want a marriage arranged by their parents, vow to lose their innocence before the end of summer. When the fathers learn that their daughters are getting involved with young men from other faiths, the friendship of the three men is put to a severe test.
background
With Michel Boujenah and Claudia Cardinale , two Tunis-born and internationally successful actors have made guest appearances. Both Boujenah and Cardinale play themselves.
Reviews
The lexicon of international film judged: "A comedically accentuated film about tolerance and understanding across supposedly insurmountable religious barriers."
Web links
- A Summer in La Goulette in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- A summer in La Goulette in the dictionary of international films
Individual evidence
- ↑ On the various religious groups and nationalities in Tunisia cf. Bettina Hunger: Who are we? Group identities and national unity in colonial and post-colonial Tunisia, Bern / Frankfurt / M. / New York, Peter Lang 2005
- ^ A summer in La Goulette in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed on November 4, 2012.