Under the Fig Trees

Name: Under the Fig Trees
Genre: Drama
Released: 2022-01-01
Duration: 92 min
Cast: Fide Fdhili

TAHT ALSHAJRA

2022 • Films • Drama • 1 h 32 mins

Fig pickers – young and old, men and women - flirt, conspire and exchange snatches of gossip while toiling in the gorgeous Tunisian sunlight.

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Under the Fig Trees

TAHT ALSHAJRA

2022 • Films • Drama • 1 h 32 mins

Streaming availability may vary by region.

Details

In northwest Tunisia, young women work the summer harvest. Under the gaze of older workers and men, they flirt, tease, argue. Throughout the day, the orchard becomes a theater of emotions, where everyone's dreams and hopes are played out.

Director

Erige Sehiri

Country

France

Switzerland

Tunisia

Language

Arabic

Accolades

Directors' Fortnight

Cannes Film Festival, 2022

Contemporary World Cinema

Toronto International Film Festival, 2022

Trivia

The film received a 100% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer. It was also a Tunisian submission for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards.