Synopsis
Taking place over one day, among the trees, yet watched by the older generation, a group of teens working the summer harvest catch feelings, try to understand each other, and navigate the complicated terrain of building deeper ties.
Drama
92 mins
2022
Tunisia/France/Switzerland/Germany/Qatar
Arabic with English Subtitles
Directed by: Erige Sehiri
Cast: Fide Fdhili, Feten Fdhili, Ameni Fdhili, Samar Sifi, Leila Ouhebi, Hneya Ben Elhedi Sbahi, Gaith Mendassi, Abdelhak Mrabti, Fedi Ben Achour, Firas Amri
Production Companies: Henia Production - Akka Films - Maneki Films
Producers: Erige Sehiri and Didar Domehri
Coproducers: Palmyre Badinier, Nicolas Wadimoff, Philippe Coeytaux (Akka Films), Roshi Behesht Nedjad (In Good Company)
Written by: Erige Sehiri, Ghalya Lacroix, Peggy Hamann
DOP: Frida Marzouk
Sound: Aymen Laabidi, Yazid Chaabi, and Jean-Guy Véran
Music: Amine Bouhafa
Editor: Ghalya Lacroix, Hafedh Laaridhi, and Malek Kammoun
Distribution across the Arab World: MAD Solutions
Distribution worldwide: Luxbox company
Film’s Project:
MAD Solutions Award, El Gouna Film Festival, and Final Cut in Venice
Post Production Award (Atelier de l'Atlas) at Marrakech Film Festival 2021
Awards: EcoProd jury award in Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes Film Festival
Erige Sehiri is a Tunisian-French director and producer. A former journalist, she started her career as a documentary filmmaker. Her breakout feature documentary, RAILWAY MEN, reflecting the daily struggle of railway workers against the failures of the national railways, remained for six weeks in Tunisian theater. In 2022, she wrote, directed, and produced her first fiction feature, UNDER THE FIG TREES, which won several awards at the Venice International Film Festival (Final Cut in Venice) and joined the selection of the 54th Director’s Fortnight at Cannes Film Festival 2022. Also, it was selected to be Tunisia’s official submission to the Oscars for Best International Feature Film 2023.