Dowaha
Buried Secrets
Les secrets
Switzerland / Tunisia / France, September 2009
FILM,
Fiction,
92 min.
- directed by
- Raja Amari
- Written by
- Raja Amari
- Status
- In distribution
Three women live secluded in an empty house as squatters. Their lives are considerably disrupted when a young couple, Ali and Salma, moves into the house. A peculiar coexistence develops in the house because the women do not want to reveal themselves to their unwanted neighbours. They cannot leave, however, because they want to avoid being seen in this desolate hiding place, which harbours a myriad of secrets.
credits
- World Premiere
- September 2009
- Original Version
- Arabic (english subtitles), colour, 35mm, 92 min.
- Production
- Akka Films, Nomadis Images, Les Films d'Ici, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse, Canal +
- Producer
- Nelly Mabilat, Dora Bouchoucha, Nicolas Wadimoff, Joëlle Bertossa, Lina Chaabane, Serge Lalou
- directed by
- Raja Amari
- Written by
- Raja Amari
- Cinematography
- Renato Berta
- Editing
- Pauline Dairou
- Music
- Philippe Héritier
- Location Sound Mix
- Patrick Becker, Nicolas Moreau, Cyril Holtz
Cast
Hafsia Herzi
Soundos Belhassen
Wassila Dari
Rim El Benna
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- Fortissimo Films
Worldwide Distribution
- France
-
Sophie Dulac Distribution
Distribution
Release date: 19.05.2010 - Switzerland
-
Moa Distribution
Distribution
Release date: 19.05.2010
Awards
(a selection)
- Französische Filmtage Tübingen-Stuttgart, Kritikerpreis 2010 (Winner)
-
Mostra de Valencia / Cinema del Mediterrani,
Prix de la meilleure photographie
2009
(Winner)
Renato Berta - Arte Mare Festival du film et des cultures méditerranéenes, Grand Prix Arte Mare 2009 (Winner)
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Festival International du Film Oriental de Genève
11.04.2011 - 17.04.2011 -
27. Französische Filmtage Tübingen
04.11.2010 - 10.11.2010 -
Carthage, 23e Journées Cinématographiques de Carthage
23.10.2010 - 31.10.2010 -
Warsaw, 26th Warsaw International Film Festival
08.10.2010 - 17.10.2010 -
Mons, 26e Festival International du Film d'Amour de Mons
19.02.2010 - 26.02.2010 -
Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
21.01.2010 - 28.01.2010 -
Kustendorf, 3rd Kustendorf International Film & Music Festival
13.01.2010 - 19.01.2010 -
Arte Mare Festival du film et des cultures méditerranéenes
23.11.2009 - 28.11.2009 -
Amiens, 29e Festival International du Film d'Amiens
13.11.2009 - 22.11.2009 -
33rd Cairo International Film Festival
10.11.2009 - 20.11.2009
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Genève, 15e Cinéma Tous Ecrans – Festival international du cinéma et de télévision
02.11.2009 - 08.11.2009 -
Mostra de Valencia / Cinema del Mediterrani
14.10.2009 - 22.10.2009 -
Venice, 66. Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica
02.09.2009 - 12.09.2009