Ahmed, 18, French of Algerian origin, grew up in the suburbs of Paris. At the university, he meets Farah, a young Tunisian girl, full of energy, who has just arrived in Paris. While discovering a corpus of sensual and erotic Arabic literature he never imagined existed, Ahmed falls hard in love with Farah, and although literally overwhelmed with desire, he will try to resist it.
A Tale of Love and Desire
Une Histoire d’amour et de désir
62nd TIFF: Greek Premiere
Screening Schedule
No physical screenings scheduled. |
| Available at the Agora Market. |
- Direction: Leyla Bouzid
- Script: Leyla Bouzid
- Cinematography: Sébastien Goepfert
- Editing: Lilian Corbeille
- Sound: Nassim El Mounabbih (Sound Engineering), Antoine Baudoin (Sound Editing)
- Music: Lucas Gaudin
- Actors: Sami Outalbali, Zbeida Belhajamor, Diong-Kéba Tacu, Aurélia Petit, Mahia Zrouki, Bellamine Abdelmalek
- Production: Blue Monday Productions
- Producers: Sandra Da Fonseca
- Co-production: Arte France Cinema
- Costumes: Céline Brelaud
- Production Design: Léa Philippon
- Make Up: Flore Chandes
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color
- Production Country: France
- Production Year: 2021
- Duration: 103'
- Contact: Pyramide International
Leyla Bouzid
Leyla Bouzid was born in 1984 in Tunisia and grew up in Tunis. In 2003, she went to Paris to study French literature at the Sorbonne, and then joined La Fémis’ Directing department. After several award winning short films, Leyla directed in 2015 her first feature film, As I Open My Eyes (A peine j’ouvre les yeux). The film was presented at the 72nd Venice Film Festival, before winning more than forty international awards and achieving success during its simultaneous theatrical release in France and Tunisia. A Tale of Love and Desire is her second feature film.
Filmography
2010 Un Ange passe (short)
2013 Gamine (short)
2015 A peine j’ouvre les yeux | As I Open My Eyes
2021 Une Histoire d’amour et de désir | A Tale of Love and Desire
