
1990 · Férid Boughedir · 98 min
Twelve-year-old Noura dangles uncertainly in that difficult netherworld between childhood and adulthood. His growing libido has gotten him banned from the women's baths, where his mother took him when he was younger, but he's not yet old enough to participate in grown-up discussions with the men of his Tunisian village. Noura's only real friend is a troublemaker named Salih -- the village political outcast.
Selim BoughedirNoura
Rabia Ben AbdallahJamila, Noura's mother
Mustapha AdouaniSi Azzouz, Noura's father
Mohamed DrissSalih
Hélène CatzarasLatifa
Fatima Ben SaïdaneSalouha
Carolyn ChelbyLeilaAbdelhamid GuayasSheikh Mokhtar
Jamel SassiMoncef
Zahira Ben AmmarThe matronRadhouane El MeddebMounirJamila OurabiOwner of the hammam
Aziza BoulabiarZekhia
Anouche SetbonThe Beautiful AichaMarianne CatzarasFatma