Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces

Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces

1990 · 98 min · AR · 6.4 (62 votes)
Dir. Férid Boughedir · Starring Selim Boughedir, Mustafa Adouani, Rabia Ben Abdallah, Mohammed Driss, Hélène Catzaras, Fatima Ben Saïdane
ComedyDrama

Twelve-year-old Noura dangles uncertainly in that difficult netherworld between childhood and adulthood. His growing libido has gotten him banned from the women's baths, where his mother took him when he was younger, but he's not yet old enough to participate in grown-up discussions with the men of his Tunisian village. Noura's only real friend is a troublemaker named Salih -- the village political outcast.

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A tender, sun-drenched glimpse into a Tunisian village, this film captures the bittersweet ache of burgeoning adolescence. It's a gentle, nostalgic journey through a boy's awakening senses and his place between worlds.

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