Tunisia, France, Belgium, Sweden, Germany 2020Language:EnglishSubtitles:GermanDirector:Kaouther Ben HaniaWriter:Kaouther Ben HaniaCinematographer:Christopher AounEditor:Marie-Hélène DozoMusic:Amine BouhafaSound:Anders Billing Vive, Leny AndrieuxWith:Yahya Mahayni, Dea Liane, Koen de Bouw, Monica BellucciProducer:Martin Hampel, Nadim Cheikhrouha, Habib Attia, Thanassis Karathanos, Annabella Nezri, Andreas RocksenProduction Company:Tanit Films, Cinetelefilms, Twenty Twenty Vision, Kwassa Films, Laika Film&TelevisionDistributor:[eksystent distribution] filmverleih104 min, Colour

A young sensitive and impulsive Syrian flees the civil war to Lebanon. To be able to travel to Europe and live with the love of his life, he gets his back tattooed by an arrogant artist. When his own body is transformed into a prestigious work of art, however, he realises that his decision means anything but freedom. The Western world's wide-ranging ignorance of the international refugee problem is confronted with the empty artificiality of an avant-garde art scene. The satire by Tunisian Kaouther Ben Hania draws its power stylistically from artistically sophisticated image compositions.


Recommended for ages 12+

Director's Biography:Born in Tunisia in 1977, she studied film in Tunis, then in Paris. 2017 Premiere of AALA KAF IFRIT in Cannes. 2020 premiere of THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SKIN in Venice and 2021 nomination as Best International Film for the Oscar.

Director's Filmography:
2018 SHEIK’S WATERMELONS (KURZ)
2017 AALA KAF IFRIT
2016 ZAINEB TAKRAHOU ETHELJ (DOKU)
2013 LE CHALLAT De TUNIS (DOKU)