Aude Gensbittel

Jul 14, 2023 | qantara.de | Shady Lewis Botros |Christina Omlin |Sarah Mersch |Aude Gensbittel

Any film attempting an artistic examination of Tunisia's most recent past always runs the risk of falling prey to the icons of the revolution and stereotypes, even if the events concerned happened more than a decade ago. How, for example, to bring to the screen a figure such as Mohamed Bouazizi, whose self-immolation initiated the Arab revolutions? How to represent an entire generation of Bouazizis, who are just as furious as Bouazizi was back then?