Red Satin

Name: Red Satin
Genre: Drama
Released: 2002
Duration: 89 min

Director: Raja Amari

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Highlights

The film is the first feature by Tunisian director Raja Amari.
The film is about time passing, or about women's changeable character; as the widowed mother, with all her prejudices about life, discovers her own self and confronts people and a world that to her seems unhealthy and immoral.

2002/ Tunisia - France89 min/ Drama

Original Title

Satin Rouge

SYNOPSIS

After the death of her husband, Lilia’s life revolves solely around her teenage daughter, Salma. Whilst looking for Salma late one night, Lilia stumbles upon a belly dance cabaret and though initially reserved and taken aback by the culture of the place, Lilia gets consistently drawn back to it. She befriends one of the belly dancers and is encouraged into dancing for the audience. Lilia also starts a romance with one of the cabaret’s musicians, who unbeknown to both of them, is also romancing Salma.

CAST

Hiam Abbass
Maher Kamoun
Hend El Fahem
Monia Hichri

CREW

Screenwriter: Raja Amari
DOP: Diane Baratier
Editor: Pauline Dairou

Production Company(ies)

A.N.P.A. (Agence Nationale de Promotion de l'Audiovisuel)
ADR Productions
Nomadis Images
Arte France Cinéma
Canal+
Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC)

Producer(s)

Dora Bouchoucha
Alain Rozanès
Pascal Verroust

Montréal World Film Festival, Canada

Seattle International Film Festival, USA

Torino Film Festival, Italy

Best African Film at the Montréal World Film Festival, Canada

New Director's Showcase at the Seattle International Film Festival, USA

Holden Award for Best Script (Special Mention) and Best Feature Film at the Torino Film Festival, Italy

Reviews

William Arnold - Seattle Post-Intelligencer

David Sterritt - Christian Science Monitor

Maitland McDonagh - TV Guide Magazine

Mick LaSalle - San Francisco Chronicle

Stephen Holden - New York Times

David Stratton - SBS

Kate Schultz - Indie Wire

Quotes

“Sincere acting and heartfelt filmmaking add energy to this unassuming Tunisian drama.” David Sterritt - Christian Science Monitor

“Raja Amari’s first feature length film “Satin Rouge” is a meditation on the transformative powers of self-expression.” Kate Schultz - Indie Wire

“One way (the crass Hollywood way) of looking at Raja Amari's sweetly upbeat film ''Satin Rouge'' might be to describe it as a Tunisian answer to ''Dirty Dancing.” Stephen Holden - New York Times