Sous les figues

Sessions
Tuesday, 11 April 2023 | 18:30 | La Maison du Cinéma |
Thursday, 13 April 2023 | 15:30 | La Maison du Cinéma |

On a hot summer day, a crew of workers – men and women, young and old – arrive at dawn at a picturesque fig orchard in northwest Tunisia. We eavesdrop, through the sun-dappled leaves of the fig trees, on the young women stealing away precious moments from the foreman’s watchful gaze. Meanwhile, the older women, tasked with the careful job of packing the tender fruit, watch and reminisce together as well. They joke, argue, debate, gossip, flirt, all the while painting an unhurried but riveting portrait of everyday life in the rural society, where class, gender, and circumstance often don’t allow for such personal freedoms.
Country of production: Tunisia, France, Switzerland, Germany, Qatar
Directors’ Fortnight – Cannes Film Festival – 2022
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