AÏCHA

Mehdi M. Barsaoui

SYNOPSIS 

Aya, in her late twenties, still lives with her parents in southern Tunisia and feels trapped in a life without prospects. One day, the minivan in which she commutes daily between her town and the hotel where she works crashes. As the sole survivor of the accident, she realizes it could be her chance to start a new life. She flees to Tunis under a new identity, but everything is soon compromised when she becomes the main witness to a police blunder.

Feature film in coproduction with Dorje Films (Italy) and Cinetelefilms (Tunisia).

GENRE: Fiction

RELEASE DATE: March 19, 2025

RUNNING TIME: 124 minutes

LANGUAGE: Arabic

FRENCH DISTRIBUTOR: Jour2Fête

INTERNATIONAL SALES: The Party Film Sales

World Premiere at the 2024 Venice Film Festival – Orizzonti

2024 Rio International Film Festival – Expectations

2024 BFI London Film Festival – Thrill section