Under the Fig Trees

Under the Fig Trees

classified 12A S
Film

Please note: This was screened in May 2023

Director
Erige Sehiri
Cast
Abdelhak Mrabti, Fedi Ben Achour, Gaith Mendassi
Details
92 mins, & Subtitled, 2021, Tunisia
Primary language
Arabic

Among the trees, young women and men working the summer harvest develop new feelings, flirt, try to understand each other, find – and flee – deeper connections.

Set in north-west Tunisia and played by non-professional actors, a group of young people are hired to help with the harvest of figs during their summer school break.

Through snippets of conversation here, sudden tiffs there, and amorous glances over there, director Erige Sehiri spins a yarn that carefully and delicately unspools over the course of her film. Understated it may be, but the culmination of the miniature dramas in the fig orchards combine to create an emotional punch.


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