Film

The Fire Dance

1994 · 1h 40m

IMDb

8.4

Free and a multi-talented artist, Habiba Msika was one of the brightest stars of her time, the twenties. Inspired by the real-life of the artist, the film evokes the last years from 1927.
 Punctuated by the jolts of a changing time, this tumultuous stage in Habiba Msika's life was branded by the love that Mimoun, a wealthy landowner, and Chedly a young poet from a good family, both dedicated to her. In Berlin, during a triumphant tour, she meets the oriental music star, the Iraqi Baghdadi, and is introduced to Parisian life by Peter, and a dandy of disconcerting charm. Back in Tunis, Habiba Msika's life is carried away by the frenetic whirlwind of success, controversies, and thwarted passions until the final tragedy of her death.

Souad Amidou

Habiba M'Sika

Raouf Ben Amor

Féodor Atkine

Pierre

Néjib Belkadhi

Mimouni

• Selma BaccarDirector
• Saïda Ben MahmoudWriter
• Moufida TlatliEditor

Release date

January 2, 1994

Status

Released

Original language

Arabic

Runtime

1h 40m

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