Aicha

Aya, thirty-year-old Tunisian, lives in Tozeur, a city in southern Tunisia, at the gates of the desert. Between social diktats, conservatism and disillusionment, Aya is not the happiest girl in the world. One day, a misfortune befalls her. Aya doesn't know yet that this will be the most beautiful thing that has ever happened to her. An unexpected opportunity for this young woman who sees her life completely questioned.

Keywords

  • Based on a True Story
  • La Biennale di Venezia !
  • Maghreb Cinema
  • Mostra: The best from the previous years

Actors

  • Fatma Sfar
  • Nidhal Saadi
  • Yassmine Dimassi
  • Mohamed Ali Ben Jemaa
  • Hela Ayed
  • Ala Benhamad
  • Sawssen Maalej

Director

  • Mehdi M. Barsaoui

Drama


2h 3min


-12

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France
Italy
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Tunisia
2025
After surviving a tragic accident, Aya decides to disappear and reinvent her life in Tunis.

After surviving a tragic accident, Aya decides to disappear and reinvent her life in Tunis.


Aya, thirty-year-old Tunisian, lives in Tozeur, a city in southern Tunisia, at the gates of the desert. Between social diktats, conservatism and disillusionment, Aya is not the happiest girl in the world. One day, a misfortune befalls her. Aya doesn't know yet that this will be the most beautiful thing that has ever happened to her. An unexpected opportunity for this young woman who sees her life completely questioned.

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