The Scarecrows (2019)

  • NR
  • 08/29/2019 (IT)
  • Drama
  • 1h 38m

Overview

In late 2013, Zina and Djo, both in their twenties, come back to Tunisia from the Syrian front where they were sequestrated and raped. Zina was separated from her two-month-old child and Djo finds out she's pregnant and plunges into mutism and expresses her Syrian horror only in the novel she is writing. Tunisian lawyer, Nadia and Dora, a humanitarian doctor, assist them in their hard and lengthy reconstruction; impeded by the violence of their close circles, the harsh view on the social networks and their angst. Nadia, also Driss' lawyer, a 21-year-old persecuted homosexual who's been banned from all school establishments, asks him to help Zina in the hopes that their stirring meeting will allow them to open their black boxes, to assume themselves and stand up to the unjust society.

Nouri Bouzid

Director, Screenplay

Cast

Nour Hajri's headshot

Nour Hajri

Zina
Afef Ben Mahmoud's headshot

Afef Ben Mahmoud

Nadia
Sondos Belhassen's headshot

Sondos Belhassen

Saida, Zina's Mother
Joumène Limam's headshot

Joumène Limam

Djo
Mehdi Hajri's headshot

Mehdi Hajri

Driss
Fatima Ben Saïdane's headshot

Fatima Ben Saïdane

Dorra
Noomen Hamda's headshot

Noomen Hamda

Kamel, Zina's Father
Ghanem Zrelli's headshot

Ghanem Zrelli

Salmene

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