Silences of the Palace (Saimt el Qusur)

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Movie Info

Alia is born to serve men. Her mother is a servant in the palace of the Bey--dispensing food, and her body, to the royal princes of Tunisia. As Alia, now a singer in post-colonial Tunisia, looks back at her childhood in the palace in the 1960's, she must come to terms with the meaning of her mother's life and the tradition of bondage she's attempting to escape.

Rating:

NR
Genre:

Art House & International, Drama
Directed By:

Moufida Tlatli
In Theaters:

Sep 7, 1994 wide
Runtime:

128 minutes

Cast

Amel Hedhili

Hend Sabri

Najia Ouerghi

Ghalia Lacroix

Sami Bouajila

Critic Reviews for Silences of the Palace (Saimt el Qusur)

All Critics (4) | Fresh (4)

Silences were meant to be broken. May filmmakers like Moufida Tlatli continue to help us smash them to smithereens.

Aug 14, 2019 | Full Review…

Kathi Maio
Sojourner
Moufida Tlatli strikes another set of cultural rhythms entirely in her debut film, The Silences of the Palace, a mostly artless but evocative look at a woman.

Apr 10, 2018 | Full Review…

Robert Horton
Film Comment Magazine