watch TrailerTake My Breath
a film by
Nada Mezni Hafaiedh
96 min /
Drama
Tunisia
Shams must live in the shadows. At 23, life is steeped in secrecy and unimaginable pain. Stripped of the right to exist, Shams is shunned by true love and rejected by society’s rigid norms and expectations.
Cast
- Amina Ben Ismail
- Mohammed Mrad
- Sana Ben Cheikh Larbi
- Aymen Ben Hmida
Crew
- Screenwriters: Nada Mezni Hafaiedh and Pascal Jousse
- DOP: Mohamed Magrahoui
- Editor: Noura Nefzi
Original Title: Al Mabeyn
Production Company(ies):
Producer(s):
Production Company(ies):
- Leyth Production
- Hamzeh Mysthique Films
Producer(s):
- Slim Hafaiedh
- Ziad Hamzeh
- Warsaw International Film Festival, Poland
- Rotterdam Arab Film Festival, Netherlands
- Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival, Egypt
- Geneva International Oriental Film Festival, Switzerland
- Beirut International Women’s Festival, Lebanon
- Mena Film Festival, Canada
- Toronto Arab Film Festival, Canada
- Casablanca Arab Film Festival, Morocco
- Jury Award at the Rotterdam Arab Film Festival, Netherlands
- Best Film and Best Actress Award for Amina Ben Smail at the Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival, Egypt
- FIFOG d'Or Winner and Special Jury Mention for Best Actress for Amina Ben Smail at the Geneva International Oriental Film Festival, Switzerland
- Best Actress Award at Casablanca Arab Film Festival, Morocco
- Buraq Award at the Mena Film Festival, Canada
