| A Tale of Love and Desire | |
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| Director: | Leyla Bouzid |
| Producer: | Sandra da Fonseca Olivier Père |
| Starring: | Sami Outalbali Zbeida Belhajamor Diong-Kéba Tacu Aurélia Petit Mahia Zrouki Bellamine Abdelmalek |
| Music: | Lucas Gaudin |
| Cinematography: | Sébastien Goepfert |
| Editing: | Lilian Corbeille |
| Studio: | Blue Monday Productions Arte France Cinéma (co-production) |
| Distributor: | Hakka Distribution (Tunisia) Pyramide Distribution (France) |
| Runtime: | 102 minutes |
| Country: | France Tunisia |
| Language: | French Arabic |
| Gross: | $193,359 |
A Tale of Love and Desire (French: Une histoire d'amour et de désir) is a 2021 Tunisian drama film directed by Leyla Bouzid and co-produced by Sandra da Fonseca and Olivier Père.[1] The film stars Sami Outalbali and in the lead roles whereas Diong-Kéba Tacu, Aurélia Petit, Mahia Zrouki and Bellamine Abdelmalek made supportive roles.[2] The film revolves around a erotic Arabian love affair between Ahmed, a 18-year old, French of Algerian origin, and Farah, a young Tunisian girl.[3] [4] [5]
The film made its premiere on 1 September 2021. The film received positive reviews from critics.[6] The film was selected in the official competition for Best feature film and for the Golden Stallion of Yennenga for Best film.[7]
In France, the film averages 4/5 on the AlloCiné from 25 press reviews.[8] On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, which categorizes reviews as positive or negative only, the film has an approval rating of 100% calculated based on 6 critics comments. By comparison, with the same opinions being calculated using a weighted arithmetic mean, the rating is 6.0/10.[9]