CHALLAT OF TUNIS

CHALLAT OF TUNIS

Country/ies
Tunisia
Production
Habib Attia
Editor
Length
90
Original Language
Original language
Status
Completed
Completed in
2014
Eurodoc Participant
Eurodoc Producer
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Year participation
2010
Distribution

Tunisia, Summer 2003. A man on a moped, razor blade in hand, prowls the streets of Tunis. He’s on a personal mission: to slash the most beautiful buttocks of women strolling down the city’s sidewalks. They call him Challat. From one neighborhood to another, from one cafe to another, the most unlikely stories circulate about him. Challat has become a mysterious figure fueling both passions and tensions. A myth surrounded by a halo of fascination, fantasy and terror. Everyone is talking about him but no one has ever seen him. Ten years later, after the revolution, when the truth seems within reach, a stubborn director sets out to track him down, determined to clear up the mystery at any cost. With irony "The Challat of Tunis" recounts the intrigues behind a story that has become an urban legend and portrays a Tunisian society in turmoil, where men are struggling to find their place and the female body is still a political issue.

Festivals & Awards
2014 Programmation ACID, Association du Cinéma Indépendant pour sa Diffusion (France)
2014 Le Maghreb des films (France) - Selection
2014 FNC, Festival du Nouveau Cinéma (Canada) - Selection
2014 Festival du Cinéma Méditerranéen - Bruxelles (Belgique) - Prix spécial du Jury
2014 VIFF, Vancouver International Film Festival (Canada) - Selection
2014 Festival international du film francophone de Namur (Belgique) - Bayard d'Or de la Meilleure première œuvre
Production & financial support