El Icha (Life) is a 2010 film from Tunisia.

El Icha
Directed byWalid Tayaa
Screenplay byWalid Tayaa
Produced byUlysson
StarringSonsdos Belhassan
Nabiha Ben Miled
Dalanda Abdou
Dalanda Ben Kilani
Mourad Karrout
CinematographyNabil Saïdi
Edited byImen Jibéri
Release date
  • 2010 (2010)
Running time
17'
CountryTunisia

Synopsis

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Havet is a Tunisian woman of some forty years. She is a widow and has a twenty-year-old son who has emigrated to Canada. She lives with her mother in a working-class neighborhood in Tunis and works as a telemarketing operator for a French company installed in Tunis. Each morning, she leaves for work, sinking deeper and deeper into suffocating routine. At home, her life is monotonous and of no interest.

Awards

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  • Festival de Cine Mediterráneo de Tetuán 2010
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