Leyla Bouzid
2021À peine j'ouvre les yeux (As I Open My Eyes, 2015) is her first feature, selected at Venice Days, the Toronto IFF, Dubai IFF, Rotterdam IFF among others.
Zakaria
Leyla Bouzid
Célia Mazade, Saïd Ahmama
Zak is living in a village in Southern France. He has a quiet life, with his wife and his two kids. When he learns about his father's death in Algeria, he decides to go there with his family. Sarah, his daughter, refuses to come with him.
Zakaria
As I Open My Eyes
Leyla Bouzid
Baya Medhaffer, Ghalia Benali
Tunis, summer 2010, a few months before the Revolution: Farah, 18 years old, has just graduated and her family already sees her as a future doctor. But she doesn't have the same idea. She sings in a political rock band, has a passion for life, gets drunk, discovers love and her city by night against the wishes of her mother Hayet, who knows Tunisia and its dangers all too well.
As I Open My Eyes
مجنون فرح
Leyla Bouzid
Sami Outalbali, Diong-Kéba Tacu
Ahmed, 18, is French of Algerian origin. He grew up in the Parisian suburbs. On the benches of the university, he meets Farah, a young Tunisian full of energy recently arrived from Tunis. While discovering a body of sensual and erotic Arabic literature that he never knew existed, Ahmed falls deeply in love with this girl, and although literally overwhelmed by desire, he will try to resist it.
A Tale of Love and Desire
