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Brotherhood

By

Meryam Joobeur

Duration

24 MIN

Language

Arabic

Subtitles

French/english

Country

Quebec, Tunisia, Qatar, Sweden

Year

2018

Popcorn, a soft drink, candy and an ANTHROPOLOGICAL DRAMA about FAMILY
Diffusion completed

Synopsis

Mohamed is a hardened shepherd living in rural Tunisia with his wife and two sons. Mohamed is deeply shaken when his oldest son Malik returns home after a long journey with a mysterious new wife. Tension between father and son rises over three days until reaching a breaking point.

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Direction

Meryam Joobeur

Tunisian-American writer/director Meryam Joobeur is a graduate of Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema in Montréal. She is currently developing three feature films including the feature version of Brotherhood and has participated in the Berlinale Talent Lab 2016 TIFF Talent Lab 2016 and the Rawi Screenwriter’s Lab 2016.

Camera

Vincent Gonneville

Music

Peter Venne

Editing

Anouk Deschênes

Sound designer

Aymen Laabidi
Jean-David Perron
Théo Porcet

Screenplay

Meryam Joobeur

Cast

Mohammed Houcine Grayaa
Chaker Mechergui
Malek Mechergui
Salha Nasraoui

Art direction

Valérie-Jeanne Mathieu

Original Title

Brotherhood

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