The Season of Men

The Season of Men
Film poster
Directed by	Moufida Tlatli
Produced by	Mohamed Tlatli Margaret Ménégoz Dora Bouchoucha Fourati
Written by	Moufida Tlatli Nouri Bouzid
Starring	Rabia Ben Abdallah
Cinematography	Youssef Ben Youssef
Release dates	13 May 2000 (2000-05-13)
Running time	122 minutes
Country	Tunisia France
Language	Arabic French

The Season of Men (Arabic: موسم الرجال (فيلم)‎‎, translit. Maussim al-rijal, French: La saison des hommes) is a 2000 French-Tunisian drama film directed by Moufida Tlatli. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.

Plot

An 18-year-old on the island Djerba, Aicha, is married to Said, who works in Tunis for much of the year. Aicha breaks with tradition and decides to join Said in Tunis, weaving rugs to make money. Said asks that she give him a son, so Aicha lives under the rule of her mother-in-law.

Cast

• Rabia Ben Abdallah as Aicha (as Rabiaa Ben Abdallah)
• Sabah Bouzouita as Zeineb
• Ghalia Benali as Meriem (as Ghalla Ben Ali)
• Hend Sabri as Emna
• Ezzedine Gannoun as Said (as Ezzedine Guennoun)
• Mouna Noureddine as Matriarch
• Azza Baaziz as Meriem as a child
• Lilia Falkat as Emna as a child
• Adel Hergal as Aziz
• Houyem Rassaa as Zohra
• Kaouther Bel Haj Ali as Fatma
• Néjib Belkadhi as Sami
• Jamal Madani as Younes
• Sadok Boutouria as Am Ali
• Zakia Ben Ayed as Regaya

External links

• The Season of Men at IMDb