OURA EL JBEL / BEHIND THE MOUNTAINS

After spending four years in jail for vandalizing his place of work, Rafik has only one plan, take his son to the mountains and show him his amazing discovery.

MOHAMED BEN ATIJA / MOHAMED BEN ATTIA

Mohamed Ben Attia was born in Tunis in 1976. He studied audiovisual communication at the University of Valenciennes in France after graduating at the Institut de Hautes Etudes Commerciales (IHEC) in Tunis in 1998. He has directed five short films, which was selected and won several awards in various festivals. He directs his first feature Inhebek Hedi (2016) which wins the Best First Film Award and the Silver Bear Best Actor at the 2016 Berlinale as well as great critic and audience acclaim around the world. The film was released in more than twenty countries. His second feature Dear Son (2018) is selected at the Director’s Fortnight in Cannes. Behind The Mountains (2023) is his third feature film.

Kritike:

Further proof of the current vitality of North African cinema.

Lee Marshall, Screendaily

 

Behind the Mountains is mostly concerned with passing on the inspiring idea that it only takes one person to believe things can be different for change to begin.

Peter Debruge, Variety