#manele labidi

[fuckyeahwomenfilmdirectors]

Arab Blues (2019)

[dailyworldcinema]

Golshifteh Farahani as Selma Derwich ARAB BLUES / UN DIVAN À TUNIS (2019) dir. Manele Labidi

[momentsnfilm]

I once whispered to my mother, “Why do our people have secrets like they’re quiet friends?” An age old question she’d been trying to solve - even pursuing degrees to map out the areas in our minds that tell us to bleed, quietly, for the world - yet silence gripped her teeth.

The pains of yesteryears swell up in the genes of those to follow. Those people who drink the past without regard for the sun to come. It’s a common symptom of those who history bore sorrow into their hands. Their feet. And words. When will my people’s ‘quiet friends’ exit the stage…

Arab Blues (2019) - Dir. Manele Labidi

[mchiti]

rules: post 10 of your favorite comfort movies and then tag 10 people. tagged by @kallypsos thank you LOVE ♡ (by the way your theme looks incredible, I don't watch house of dragons (that's house of dragons right?) but it's so prettyyyy

100% Arabica (Mahmoud Zemmouri)

Mes frères et moi (Yohan Manca)

Razzia (Nabil Ayouch)

Adam (Maryam Touzani)

The Blue Caftan (Maryam Touzani)

The Motorcycle Diaries (Walter Salles)

Arab Blues (Manele Labidi Labbé)

Mille mois (Faouzi Bensaïdi)

Kirikou et la Sorcière (Michel Ocelot)

Compartment Number 6 (Juho Kuosmanen)

I tag @lewisitshammertime @swaggypsyduck @cryingforcrocodiles @zbee @roobylavender @saintdevote @mountinez @seedlessmuffins @mavieesttriste16 @0alanasworld0 if you guys want ♡

[folditdouble]

Women in Film Challenge 2021: [94/52] Arab Blues, dir. Manele Labidi (France/Tunisia, 2019)

We are not in Europe. We have God; we don’t need this bullshit.

[swanasource]

Some Recent Films By MENA Women Filmmakers 

A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (2014) Dir. Ana Lily Amirpour

The Perfect Candidate (2019). Dir.  Haifaa al-Mansour

Papicha (2019). Dir. Mounia Meddour

Capernaum (2018). Dir. Nadine Labaki

The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018). Dir. Desiree Akhavan

I Still Hide To Smoke (2016). Dir. Rayhana Obermeyer

Arab Blues (2019). Dir.  Manele Labidi

Divines (2016). Dir. Houda Benyamina

The Man Who Sold His Skin (2020). Dir. Kaouther Ben Hania

In Between (2016). Dir. Maysaloun Hamoud

[shesnake]

Golshifteh Farahani in Un divan à Tunis (Arab Blues) (2019) dir. Manele Labidi

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[pacingmusings]

Seen in 2021:

Arab Blues (Manele Labidi), 2019

[bilinmeyenada]

Un divan à Tunis (2019), Manele Labidi

[blatterpussbunnyfromhell]

J’ai regardé Un Divan à Tunis de Manele Labidi hier soir, avec Golshifteh Farahani en rôle principal. C’était franchement cool, et je vous le recommande chaudement si vous ne l’avez pas vu.

Mais surtout, ce film montre que l’administration Tunisienne est toute aussi pétée que l’administration Française, ce qui implique que l’aspect “tout pété” des services administratifs est inhérent à la profession. Ce que je trouve rassurant, presque. :3

[hingrajia]

Un divan à Tunis (2019) - Manele Labidi

[dailyworldcinema]

Arab Blues (2019) dir. Manele Labidi Labbé

[suimovies]

“Un Divan à Tunis”

Un film de Manele Labidi

[olvaheiner]

Un Divan à Tunis (2020) Dir. : Manele Labidi

[watchingalotofmovies]

Arab Blues

Arab Blues    [trailer]

After years abroad in Paris, Selma returns to Tunis with the dream of opening up her own psychotherapy practice.

After the introduction of the general set-up and the characters, the movie fails a bit to get traction.

There are also some tonal issues since the movie at times can't seem to decide, if it wants to take the problems of the patients seriously or just use them comedic purposes. Which is unfortunate since I think this could easily be fixed with a sharper focus on fewer characters. But there's still Golshifteh Farahani in a leading role.

Amused by the Sigmund Freud portrait, her sister, and the changing background pics on the health ministry secretary's computer.