A Summer in La Goulette (1996) Un été à La Goulette
A Summer in La Goulette (1996)
DVDRip | MKV | 656x572 | x264 @ 1994 Kbps | 88 min | 1,43 Gb
Audio: Arabic-Français AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps + French Commentary | Subs: English
Genre: Comedy, Drama
DVDRip | MKV | 656x572 | x264 @ 1994 Kbps | 88 min | 1,43 Gb
Audio: Arabic-Français AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps + French Commentary | Subs: English
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director: Férid Boughedir
Writers: Férid Boughedir, Nouri Bouzid
Stars: Sonia Mankaï, Ava Cohen-Jonathan, Sarah Pariente
Set in a Tunisian melting-pot town in 1967 and loosely based on the reminiscences of filmmaker Ferid Boughedir, this bittersweet comedy-drama tells the tale of how the secret conspiracy between three teen girls to lose their virginity before they turn seventeen wreaks havoc on the lives and friendships between their disparate families. The fathers have known each other many years, but underneath their friendship lies a silent but strong undercurrent of tension that relates to their different religions and ethnic origins. One family is Muslim, one is Jewish and the last is Roman Catholic. The trouble erupts because each of the girls choose to dally with men outside their religions.
This is an idyllic image of the possibility for Peace in the world. Filmed on location in La Goulette, Tunisia, a beach resort in northern Africa, the movie tells the simple story of a summer in 1967 just before the Arab - Israel War. There are three families of different religions living side-by-side in an apartment house. The men are close friends and so are their sixteen year old daughters. It looks like the local Tunisians played many of the minor roles, and the characters and situations breathe a life of peaceful coexistence in a place that all agree is Paradise on Earth. One family is planning the wedding of their older daughter. The bachelor elderly landlord is infatuated with one of the daughters. The three teens decide to lose their virginity before the summer is out and seduce three local boys of different religious backgrounds. Claudia Cardinale, a Tunisian-born actress, makes a cameo appearance. All in all, a lovely slice-of-life film which takes the viewer to a simpler time and place when there was hope for Peace and the biggest problems were romance.
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A Summer in La Goulette (1996) Un été à La Goulette
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