Watch: Arab Blues
Arab Blues
Comedy • Drama
Overview:
Selma, a psychoanalyst, deals with a cast of colorful new patients after returning home to Tunisia to open a practice.
Director:
Manele Labidi
Status:
Released
Language:
French
Buget:
$0.00
Revenue:
Key words:
Cast
Golshifteh Farahani
~ as ~
Selma
Hichem Yacoubi
Raouf
Majd Mastoura
Naïm
Aïsha Ben Miled
Olfa
Ramla Ayari
Amel
Feryel Chammari
Baya
Najoua Zouhair
Nour
Jamel Sassi
Fares
Rim Hamrouni
Meriem
Mhadheb Rmili
Ferid
Tejas Nair
Written 4 year(s) ago
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Arab Blues (A Couch in Tunis) is an instantly likeable film. Its opening shot - about an old man's description of who Sigmund Freud might be from his looks - is charming and so is the story that succeeds it of a young woman (Golshifteh Farahani) coming back to her homeland, Tunisia, from Paris to start a psychoanalysis practice. She knows she will be looked down for it, a testament that she immediately gets from her uncle. But she is independent, courageous, and gritty, and so the film begins. I absolutely loved all the characters and their performances here, especially Farahani, Feryel Chammari, and Aïsha Ben Miled. Each actor is better than the other and I had a sweet time looking at them, delivering beautiful dialogues and acting like it's real life. The social critique is pregnant here but Arab Blues projects itself as a lively comedy about a woman's struggle in modern-day Tunis, a state still marred by backward beliefs and customs, something that is common everywhere. With a supporting soundtrack, adequate humour, and the ability to keep you engaged, Arab Blues is easily one of the most pleasant comedies you will see this year. Glad I sat down and considered EUFF. Grade A-.
(Watched at the 2020 European Union Film Festival of India (EUFF).)
