The Scarecrows
2019 · Movie · 98 min. · Tunisia
In late 2013, Zina and Djo, both in their twenties, come back to Tunisia from the Syrian front where they were sequestrated and raped. Zina was separated from her two-month-old child and Djo finds out she’s pregnant and plunges into mutism and expresses her Syrian horror only in the novel she is writing. Tunisian lawyer Nadia and Dora, a humanitarian doctor, assist them in their hard and lengthy reconstruction; impeded by the violence of their close circles, the harsh view on the social networks and their angst. Nadia, also Driss’ lawyer, a 21-year- old persecuted homosexual who’s been banned from all school establishments, asks him to help Zina in the hopes that their stirring meeting will allow them to open their black boxes, to assume themselves and stand up to the unjust society.
Direction Nouri Bouzid
Cast Sondos Belhassen · Afef Ben Mahmoud · Fatima Ben Saïdane · Mehdi Hajri · Nour Hajri · Noomen Hamda · Joumene Limam · Ghanem Zrelli
Soundtrack Riadh Fehri
Screenplay Nouri Bouzid
Cinematography Hatem Nechi
Original title Les épouvantails
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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