watch TrailerBuried Secrets
a film by
Raja Amari
91 min / Drama, Psychological Thriller
Tunisia
Aicha, Radia and their mother live removed from the world in the servant’s quarters in a wing of a deserted mansion. The precarious balance of their daily life is shaken by the arrival of a young couple who move into the main house. A bizarre cohabitation develops between the couple and the three women who decide not to make their presence known to their unexpected neighbors. They cannot leave their hiding place as it conceals secrets buried for years.
Cast
Hafsia HerziSondos Belhassen
Wassila Dari
Rim El Benna
Crew
Screenwriter: Raja AmariDOP: Renato Berta
Editor: Pauline Dairou
Original Title: Dowaha
Production Company(ies):
Nomadis Images
Akka Films
Les Films d'Ici
in association with Les Films du Requin
Les Films de la Source
with the support of Ministère de la Culture et de la Sauvegarde du Patrimoine
Fonds Sud Cinéma
Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC)
Office Fédéral de la Culture in participation with Canal+
Etablissement de la Radio Télévision Tunisienne
CinéCinéma
Producer(s):
Dora Bouchoucha
Serge Lalou
Nicolas Wadimoff
Joëlle Bertossa
Lina Chaabane Menzli
Nelly Mabilat
Eric Zaouali
Cyriac Auriol
Julie Gayet
Nadia Turincev
Production Company(ies):
Nomadis Images
Akka Films
Les Films d'Ici
in association with Les Films du Requin
Les Films de la Source
with the support of Ministère de la Culture et de la Sauvegarde du Patrimoine
Fonds Sud Cinéma
Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC)
Office Fédéral de la Culture in participation with Canal+
Etablissement de la Radio Télévision Tunisienne
CinéCinéma
Producer(s):
Dora Bouchoucha
Serge Lalou
Nicolas Wadimoff
Joëlle Bertossa
Lina Chaabane Menzli
Nelly Mabilat
Eric Zaouali
Cyriac Auriol
Julie Gayet
Nadia Turincev
African Film Festival of Verona, Italy
Films from the South, Norway
Rasta International, Serbia
CINEMAFRICA, Sweden
Transilvania Intl Film Festival, Romania
Vaxjo Film Festival, Sweden
Warsaw International Film Festival, Poland
Arab Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands
Associazione Centro Orientamento Educativo, Italy
Bratislava International Film Festival, Slovakia
Chennai International Film Festival, India
Franzosische Filmtage, Germany
Fundación Araguaney, Spain
Festival International du Cinéma Méditerranéen de Tétouan, Morocco
Mostra Internacional de Cinema de Portimão, Portugal
Helsinki African Film Festival (HAFF), Finland
AfricAvenir International – African Renaissance, Development, International Cooperation and Peace, Germany
Brussels Independent Film Festival, Belgium
Kerala International Film Festival, India
Films from the South, Norway
Rasta International, Serbia
CINEMAFRICA, Sweden
Transilvania Intl Film Festival, Romania
Vaxjo Film Festival, Sweden
Warsaw International Film Festival, Poland
Arab Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands
Associazione Centro Orientamento Educativo, Italy
Bratislava International Film Festival, Slovakia
Chennai International Film Festival, India
Franzosische Filmtage, Germany
Fundación Araguaney, Spain
Festival International du Cinéma Méditerranéen de Tétouan, Morocco
Mostra Internacional de Cinema de Portimão, Portugal
Helsinki African Film Festival (HAFF), Finland
AfricAvenir International – African Renaissance, Development, International Cooperation and Peace, Germany
Brussels Independent Film Festival, Belgium
Kerala International Film Festival, India
'Emile Cantillon' Award and Special Jury Award at the Brussels Independent Film Festival, Belgium
FIPRESCI Prize at the Kerala International Film Festival, India
FIPRESCI Prize at the Kerala International Film Festival, India
