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The Season of Men (2001)

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Reviews Counted: 10

Fresh: 8

Rotten:2

Average Rating: 6.8/10

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 2 hrs 4 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Sep 29, 2001 Limited

Synopsis: On Djerba, Aïcha (Rabiaa Ben Abdallah) is expected to follow tradition and live all her life with her mother-in-law while her husband Saïd (Ezzedine Gennoun) goes to Tunis every year for eleven... On Djerba, Aïcha (Rabiaa Ben Abdallah) is expected to follow tradition and live all her life with her mother-in-law while her husband Saïd (Ezzedine Gennoun) goes to Tunis every year for eleven months to sell rugs. On the day she is married, she tells him that she wants to break tradition and go with him. He tells her that the only way he will allow her to go is if she bears him a son. Aïcha has two daughters. Finally, after years of suffering under the critical eye of Saïd's mother and the physical labor of rug making, Aïcha has a son, Aziz (Adel Hergal) and the family moves to Tunis. But her son is autistic and Saïd moves into his shop, unable to cope with his son's temper tantrums. Aïcha decides to move back to Djerba, to reconcile her past and raise her son. Aziz has an unusual creative talent, and begins to weave rugs with his mother. Aïcha's family begins to look toward a hopeful future. A scene in which all of the wives meet to henna each other's hair and primp before their husbands return for "the season of men" is touching in its subtlety and intimacy. [More]

Starring: Rabiaa Ben Abdallah, Sabah Bouzouita, Ghalia Ben Ali, Hend Sabri

Starring: Rabiaa Ben Abdallah, Sabah Bouzouita, Ghalia Ben Ali, Hend Sabri, Ezzedine Gennoun, Adel Hergal

Director: Moufida Tlatli

Director: Moufida Tlatli
Screenwriter: Nouri Bouzid, Moufida Tlatli
Producer: Margaret Menegoz
Composer: Anouar Brahem
Studio: Cowboy Pictures

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Emanuel Levy
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A few scenes effectively convey the sisterhood of these oppressed women but most of the time we are left with a keen sense of their deep sadness.

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10/13/01
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

An often heartbreaking story of the plight of frustrated women in the traditional society of Tunisia.

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09/30/01
Harvey S. Karten
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Its primary interest doesn't lie in its storytelling but in its sociology -- in the window it opens onto a Muslim Middle Eastern society in transition.

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09/28/01
Jonathan Foreman
New York Post
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Alternately tedious and compelling.

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09/28/01
Bilge Ebiri
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Its evocation of a traditional society wracked with unease conveys a deep, lingering sadness and sense of frustration.

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09/28/01
Stephen Holden
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09/27/01
Guardian [UK]

While the film's metaphors imbue it with a poetic texture, these are embedded in social and economic realities.

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09/27/01
Ilona Halberstadt
Sight and Sound

Touching, truthful, and tasteful.

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09/27/01
Michael Thomson
BBC

Tlatli builds an in-depth picture of the struggle between old ways and liberated expectations.

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09/27/01
Arthur Lazere
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Though it has its share of misses, it is still a positive and reflexive look at a people much ignored.

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09/26/01
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