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The Jaida

Name: The Jaida
Genre: Drama
Released: 2017
Duration: 113 min

Director: Selma Baccar

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Highlights

World premiered at the Carthage Film Festival (JCC).
The film discusses many controversial social issues such as marriage and inheritance.

2017/ Tunisia113 min/ Drama

Original Title

El Jaida

SYNOPSIS

Set in 1954, four women meet at Dar Joued, a correction facility for women who disobey their husbands. Despite tough daily living conditions, they find hope and joy in their emerging friendship.

CAST

Wajiha Jendoubi
Fatma Ben Saidane
Souhir Ben Amara
Selma Mahjoubi

CREW

Screenwriter: Selma Baccar
DOP: Mohamed Maghlaoui
Editor: Kahéna Attia

Production Company(ies)

Inter Media Production

Producer(s)

Sami Benmlouka

Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt

Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia

International Oriental Film Festival of Geneva (FIFOG), Switzerland

Cinéalma - L'âme de la Méditerranée, France

Beirut Women International Film Festival, Lebanon

Casablanca Arab Film Festival, Morocco

Festival d'Annaba du Film Méditerranéen, Algeria

Karama Human Rights Film Festival, Jordan

Festival du Film Arabe de Fameck, France‎‏

Manarat Mediterranean Film Festival, Tunisia

Grand Prix at the Cinéalma - L'âme de la Méditerranée, France

Reviews

Directinfo - Di with TAP (French)

Quotes

"El Jaida could serve as a document of history… the filmmaker who sought to put everything in a single film in this mass return on all events in the fight for women's rights in Tunisia." Directinfo - Di with TAP (French)