Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces

Directed by Férid Boughedir

Written by Férid Boughedir, Nouri Bouzid, Maryse León García, Taoufik Jebali

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.

Cast

Selim Boughedir

Noura

Rabia Ben Abdallah

Jamila, Noura's mother

Mustapha Adouani

Si Azzouz, Noura's father

Mohamed Driss

Salih

Hélène Catzaras

Latifa

Fatima Ben Saïdane

Salouha

Carolyn Chelby

Leila

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Abdelhamid Guayas

Sheikh Mokhtar

Jamel Sassi

Moncef

Zahira Ben Ammar

The matron

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Radhouane El Meddeb

Mounir

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Jamila Ourabi

Owner of the hammam