Under the Fig Trees
TAHT ALSHAJRA
2022 • Films • Drama • 1 h 32 mins
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Tuesday, 16 Jun at 5:55 PM SIN
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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.
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.
Critics
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...'An understated and intimate story of sisterhood.'
Hollywood Reporter
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