A TALE OF LOVE AND DESIRE

Ahmed an 18-year-old French student of Algerian origin has grown up in the suburbs of Paris. At university he meets Farah a lively young Tunisian woman who has just arrived in the city. As Ahmed discovers a collection of sensual and erotic Arabic literature he never knew existed he falls deeply in love with her. Overwhelmed by desire but struggling with his own inhibitions he tries to resist his feelings as he begins to explore love intimacy and his own sexuality.

Original title Une histoire d’amour et de désir
Directed by Leyla Bouzid
Screenplay Leyla Bouzid
Featuring Sami Outalbali Zbeida Belhajamor Diong-Kéba Tacu Aurélia Petit Mahia Zrouki Bellamine Abdelmalek Mathilde La Musse Samir El Hakim Khemissa Zarouel Sofia Lesaffre
Cinematography Sébastien Goepfert
Editing Lilian Corbeille
Music Lucas Gaudin
Production Companies Blue Monday Productions Arte France Cinéma
ACannes Film Festival — Critics’ Week
2021 | Closing Film
Toronto International Film Festival — TIFF
2021 | Official Selection — Industry Selects
Busan International Film Festival
2021 | World Cinema
BFI London Film Festival
2021 | Love
Zurich Film Festival
2021 | New World View: Tunisia
Filmfest Hamburg
2021 | Voilà!
Cairo International Film Festival
2021 | International Panorama
Festival international du film francophone de Tübingen–Stuttgart
2021 | Horizons / Ciné-école
CINEMANIA — Montréal
2021 | Official Selection
FESPACO — Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou
2021 | Official Competition
Étalon de bronze — Fiction Film
Seminci — Valladolid International Film Festival
2021 | Official Selection
Sydney Film Festival
2021 | Features
Göteborg Film Festival
2022 | International Competition
Rendez-Vous with French Cinema in New York
2022 | Official Selection
Alliance Française French Film Festival — Australia
2022 | Love Is Magnetic
MyFrenchFilmFestival
2023 | Under Your Spell

A THOUSAND MONTHS

HOMELAND ( IRAQ YEAR ZERO )