72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Challatt Tunes / Challatt of Tunis / Challatt of Tunis

Kaouther Ben Hania
TUNISIA-FRANCE      90 m.
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A moped rider, razor blade in hand, prowls the streets of Tunis slashing the most beautiful buttocks of women strolling down the city’s sidewalks. They call him Challatt. In Tunisian dialect, the word means blade and is most likely an oral distortion of Gillette, the famous razor blade. The shadow of Challatt and the violence of his actions change the dress code of Tunisian women: no more tight jeans, no mini-skirts, no carefree strolls… A young Tunisian director seeks out this true living myth. She wishes to make a point of finding out why Challatt was after women just like her in Tunisia.
 

Director
Kaouther Ben Hania
Screenplay
Kaouther Ben Hania
Production
CINÉTÉLÉFILMS (Tunisia)
Habib Attia
Photography
Sofian Elfani
Edition
Nadia Ben Rachid
Cast
Jallel Dridi
Running Time
90 m.
Country
TUNISIA-FRANCE
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