Film

Sweet And Bitter

2000 · 1h 31m · Drama

Barely relieved from a serious depression and against the advice of his psychiatrist, Slah, theater director, mentally weakened by his career, announces to his wife Amel, a rich woman who finances his projects, his decision to mount the famous play Essoud (The Dam) of Mahmoud Messadi renowned for its complexity. But the same evening, driving his car, Slah overthrows a young woman named Aisha. At first distraught, he then experiences a strange fascination for this beautiful young girl contrarian who becomes his friend and his muse. Amel, her husband's moral, emotional and financial support, convinced the director of the theater to program Le Barrage. Although suffering in silence of the presence of Aisha, Amel decides for love for her husband to invite the young woman near them, in the field of her parents, in an oasis of the south of Tunisia. A strange three-way household is formed when doubts and suspicions, desires and temptations, love and complexities are revealed.

Noureddine El Ati

Slah

Ines Baili

Sonia El Ati

Aïcha

Lamine Nahdi

Brahim

Zoubeir Bornaz

Taieb

Jelloul Jelassi

Belkis Cheriaa

Frida Kebaili

Amel

• Naceur KtariDirector · Writer
• Georges LechaptoisDirector of Photography
• Arbi Ben AliEditor
• Yves ComteEditor

Release date

October 23, 2000

Status

Released

Original language

Arabic

Runtime

1h 31m

Genres

Drama