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Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces

1990 · 98 min

A gentle, observant coming-of-age story that balances warmth and awkwardness as a boy navigates the confusing space between childhood and adulthood.

Directed by: Férid Boughedir
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Selim Boughedir, Rabia Ben Abdallah, Mustapha Adouani

Overview: Twelve-year-old Noura dangles uncertainly in that difficult netherworld between childhood and adulthood. His growing libido has gotten him banned from the women's baths, where his mother took him when he was younger, but he's not yet old enough to participate in grown-up discussions with the men of his Tunisian village. Noura's only real friend is a troublemaker named Salih -- the village political outcast.

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Directed by: Férid Boughedir
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Selim Boughedir, Rabia Ben Abdallah, Mustapha Adouani

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: coming-of-age
identity
family
friendship
isolation
Places: small town
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	6
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	3
Darkness	3
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: comedy, drama
Directed by: Férid Boughedir
Written by: Maryse León García, Nouri Bouzid, Férid Boughedir
Starring: Selim Boughedir, Rabia Ben Abdallah, Mustapha Adouani, Mohamed Driss, Hélène Catzaras, Fatima Ben Saïdane, Carolyn Chelby, Abdelhamid Guayas
Cinematography: Georges Barsky
Runtime: 98 min
Country: France, Italy, Tunisia
Languages: Arabic

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