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| Film Movement | Release Date (Streaming): January 26, 2024 |
Starring:
Abdelhak Mrabti, Ameni Fdhili, Fedi Ben Achour, Feten Fdhili, Fide Fdhili, Firas Amri, Gaith Mendassi, Hneya Ben Elhedi Sbahi, Leila Ouhebi, Samar Sifi
Summary:
Among the trees, young women and men working the summer harvest develop new feelings, flirt, try to understand each other, find - and flee - deeper connections.
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Jan 29, 2024
RogerEbert.com
Jan 26, 2024
Though Sehiri’s third feature offers a seemingly minor concept, it’s certainly bountiful in its power to unearth the unspoken codes that reign over this community, where some men demand reverence from women solely for their gender-based status in the social hierarchy, where the notion of absolute loyalty to one’s extended family guides every decision, and where romantic companionship remains mostly transactional.
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The Observer (UK)
May 21, 2023
Feb 7, 2024
Under the Fig Trees is a big-minded film that grounds its ideas about labor, sexism, faith, and modernity in the zippy rhythms of its characters’ negotiations around friendship, romance, and work. Most of the film’s runtime is people talking, but with evocative dialogue and lived-in performances from mostly first-time actors, it’s an unapologetic slice of life.
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