Beauty and the Dogs
Aala Kaf Ifrit
Directed by
Tunisia, France, Sweden, Norway, Lebanon, Qatar, Switzerland
2017
104 min
- Arabic
Drama
Mariam just wanted to enjoy the night, when a tragic event occurs. Despite the trauma, the pretty tunisian student is determined to go to the police. But what can be done when your persecutor is your only chance?
Awards
- Jury Special Prize, Cineuropa Prize - CineMed Brussels
- Tunisian Submission for the 91st Academy Awards
Festivals
Labels & Line Ups
Credits
- Cast
- Mariam Al Ferjani
- Ghanem Zrelli
- Noomane Hamda
- Mohamed Akkari
- Chedly Arfaoui
- Anissa Daoud
- Mourad Gharsalli
- Screenplay
- Kaouther Ben Hania
- Cinematography
- Johan Holmquist
- Editing
- Nadia Ben Rachid
- Music
- Amine Bouhafa
- Production
- TANIT FILMS
- Production
- LAIKA FILMS
- Production
- FILM I VAST
- Production
- INTEGRAL FILMS & LITTERATURE
- Production
- CHIMNEY
- Sales
- JOUR2FETE
Press
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Hard-hitting and realistic.
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Anyone looking for strong female filmmaking voices from North Africa would do well to take note of this picture.
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Hard-hitting and realistic, Beauty and the Dogs dissects the twisted drive behind a schizophrenic system in which the law is used for perverted ends with great intensity.
Kaouther Ben Hania
Tunisia
I love characters who are left with no choices
Director and screenwriter, Kaouther Ben Hania, born in Sidi Bouzid (Tunisia), initially studied commerce, then entered the École des Arts et du Cinéma de Tunis (EDAC) where she made three short films: LA BRECHE (2004), followed by ME, MY SISTER AND "THE THING" (2006), WOODEN HAND (2013) and her first feature film, CHALLAT OF TUNIS (2013), which opened the section ACID in Cannes in 2014 and won the Syndicat Français de la Critique de Cinéma prize at the Amiens festival. Her feature ZAINEB HATES THE SNOW (2016) premiered at FF Locarno. Her BEAUTY AND THE DOGS (2017) screened in the Un Certain Regard section of the 70th Cannes FF.
