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
