Challat of Tunis
Le Challat de Tunis
Directed by
Tunisia, France, USA, United Arab Emirates
2013
89 min
- Arabic
Documentary, Drama
It’s summer 2003 in Tunisia. A man on a moped prowls the streets of Tunis, with a razor blade in hand. Known as Challat, he is on a personal mission: to slash the derrieres of women strolling along the city’s sidewalks. From one neighbourhood to another, the most unlikely of stories circulate about him. He is a mysterious figure, shrouded in fantasy, all the while instilling terror. After the revolution, one woman sets out to track him down, determined to clear up the mystery of Challat, at any cost.
Festivals
Credits
- Cast
- Jallel Dridi
- Screenplay
- Kaouther Ben Hania
- Cinematography
- Sofiane El Fani
- Editing
- Nadia Ben Rachid
- Music
- Benjamin Violet
- Si Lemhaf
- Production
- SISTER PRODUCTIONS
- Sales
- JOUR2FETE
Press
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.
