Keswa: The Lost Thread
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Kalthoum Bornaz
Rim Turki
Nouna Noureddine
Ali Mosbah
Ahmed Elhafian
Lofti Drizi
Film Details
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Synopsis
Nozha returns home to Tunisia after getting divorced, and arrives just in time for her brother's wedding. She reluctantly agrees to wear the heavy ceremonial gown called the keswa, and is then left behind by the wedding party. Unable to catch up, she embarks on a comic journey across Tunis involving a lovestruck suitor, a cabbie and a violinist.
Director
Kalthoum Bornaz
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Feature directorial debut for Kalthoum Bornaz.
Shown at Carthage International Film Festival October 22-31, 1998.
Shown at Filmfest DC in Washington, DC April 22 - May 3, 1998.
Film had US premiere at DC Filmfest 1998.
color
dialogue Arabic
subtitled English
