Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces (1990)

  • NR
  • 09/14/1990 (US)
  • Comedy, Drama
  • 1h 38m

Overview

Twelve-year-old Noura dangles uncertainly in that difficult netherworld between childhood and adulthood. His growing libido has gotten him banned from the women's baths, where his mother took him when he was younger, but he's not yet old enough to participate in grown-up discussions with the men of his Tunisian village. Noura's only real friend is a troublemaker named Salih -- the village political outcast.

Férid Boughedir

Director, Writer

Maryse León García

Writer

Nouri Bouzid

Writer

Cast

Selim Boughedir's headshot

Selim Boughedir

Noura
Mustafa Adouani's headshot

Mustafa Adouani

Si Azzouz, Noura's father
Rabia Ben Abdallah's headshot

Rabia Ben Abdallah

Jamila, Noura's mother
Mohammed Driss's headshot

Mohammed Driss

Salih
Hélène Catzaras's headshot

Hélène Catzaras

Latifa
Fatima Ben Saïdane's headshot

Fatima Ben Saïdane

Salouha
Carolyn Chelby's headshot

Carolyn Chelby

Leila
Abdelhamid Guayas's headshot

Abdelhamid Guayas

Sheikh Mokhtar

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