Jamel Sassi
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Biography: Jamel Sassi is a Tunisian actor and director who participated in numerous theatrical, television, and film works. He is best known for his role as "Haffa" in the Ramadan series El Khottab Al Bab in 1996 and 1997. He also appeared in other works such as Anbar El Lil by Habib El Mselmani in 1999, Dhafaer in 2002, and Kamret Sidi Mahrous in 2004.
Department: Acting
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Gender: Male
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Bezness

Overview: Roufa is an attractive young man, and that works out well for him because he is a practitioner of "bezness:" he's a sex-for-hire boy for the tourists who come to Tunisia. His girlfriend deeply resents his having sex with other women but doesn't seem much bothered that a rich German man he's been having sex with is hoping to sponsor him in Europe. She also has a hard time with his tendency to behave like any other Arab male around a woman, telling her how to take care of her business. As it turns out, she's got better sense than any of the men around her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1992-06-10
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The Guest

Overview: Even though he's been living with Fouad for three years, Malik is going to marry Halima. Since Fouad doesn't accept this marriage, which would imply a total upheaval of their everyday life, Malik makes him promise not to attend the wedding, which will take place in his parents’ village. As the ceremony approaches, the pressure builds. Will Malik choose to save face in front of his family and the wedding guests or will he choose to save the relationship with the one he loves?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2017-11-26
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Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces

Overview: Twelve-year-old Noura dangles uncertainly in that difficult netherworld between childhood and adulthood. His growing libido has gotten him banned from the women's baths, where his mother took him when he was younger, but he's not yet old enough to participate in grown-up discussions with the men of his Tunisian village. Noura's only real friend is a troublemaker named Salih -- the village political outcast.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1990-09-14
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How Kids Roll

Overview: In the midst of the war in Gaza during the Second Intifada in 2003, two 12-year-old boys, one Palestinian and one Israeli, along with a former surfing champion, form a friendship united by the love of water and learn from each other.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-03-28
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Les Zazous de La Vague

Overview: In Tunis, Fethi, a pretty face like Brando, and his friend Bannour, naive and shy, are employed in the pastry shop of the Italian Madame Rita. Their only concern is picking up Souad and her cousin Latifa in their convertible to take them for a ride "on the Wave side".
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1992-05-18
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Dirty Laundry

Overview: Quiet Si Radji gets an idea when his screaming and unpleasant wife falls down from the balcony and sprain her foot. He will set up traps...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2010-01-01
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Arab Blues

Overview: Selma, a psychoanalyst, deals with a cast of colorful new patients after returning home to Tunisia to open a practice.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2020-02-12
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Noura's Dream

Overview: With her abusive husband in jail and a coveted divorce pending, hardworking Noura can almost grasp a happy, new life with lover Lassaad — but when the best-laid plans are upended, Noura must tap her unshakable will to fulfill her dream.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2019-11-13
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Kelmat Rjal

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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2004-01-01
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What the Day Owes the Night

Overview: Algeria, the 1930s. Younes is nine years old when he is put in his uncle's care in Oran. Rebaptized Jonas, he grows up among the Rio Salado youths, with whom he becomes friends. Emilie is one of the gang; everyone is in love with her. A great love story develops between Jonas and Emilie, which is soon unsettled by the conflicts troubling the country.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2012-09-12
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Paroles d'hommes

Overview: This film tells the tragicomic destiny of three friends. The same age, they are all three of humble origins. The story begins in the 1970s in Nafta and evokes their childhood.
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Original Language: en
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