(2023, Tunisia, Belgium, France, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, 98')
Rafik has just been released from a four-year sentence. He’ll soon find that family as he knew it is not there anymore. His wife left him. His only goal in life now seems to be rebuilding a connection with his son, whom he resorts to kidnapping one day just to spend some time with him. He takes his child in a wood beyond the mountains to show him the cabin he lives in, a space that Rafik would want all for themselves. Things won’t go over well with a neighbouring family.
Tunisian filmmaker Mohamed Ben Attia released his first short movie, Romantisme: deux comprimés matin et soir (lit. ‘Romance: two caplets, morning and night’) in 2005. In 2016, he made his directorial debut with Hedi, a wind of freedom, co-produced with the Dardenne Brothers. In 2018, he participated in the Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes with Dear Son, starring Mohamed Dhrif, Mouna Mejri, and Zakaria Ben Ayyed. The film is distributed on Netflix and has been inspired by a real story.
