Dear Son

Dear Son (Arabic: ولدي‎) is a 2018 Tunisian drama film directed by Mohamed Ben Attia. It was selected to screen in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.[1][2] It was selected as the Tunisian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[3][4]

Dear Son
Film poster
Directed byMohamed Ben Attia
Produced byDora Bouchoucha Fourati
Screenplay byMohamed Ben Attia
StarringMohamed Dhrif
Mouna Mejri
Imen Cherif
Zakaria Ben Ayyed
Music byOmar Aloulou
CinematographyFrédéric Noirhomme
Edited byNadia Ben Rachid
Production
company
Les Films du Fleuve
Tanit Films
Nomadis Images
Distributed byBac Films
Release date
  • 13 May 2018 (2018-05-13) (Cannes)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryTunisia
Belgium
France
LanguageArabic

Plot

A middle-class Tunisian couple learn their only son has joined ISIS in Syria.[4]

Cast
  • Mohamed Dhrif as Riadh
  • Mouna Mejri as Nazli
  • Imen Cherif as Sameh
  • Zakaria Ben Ayyed as Sami

See also

References
  1. "Cannes: Directors' Fortnight unveils 2018 line-up". ScreenDaily.
  2. "Cannes: Directors' Fortnight Lineup Boasts Colombia's 'Birds of Passage,' Nicolas Cage in 'Mandy'". Variety.
  3. ""Weldi" de Mohamed Ben Attia présélectionné par la Tunisie dans la course à l'Oscar du meilleur film international 2020". HuffPost Tunisia. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  4. Kozlov, Vladimir. "Oscars: Tunisia Selects 'Dear Son' for International Feature Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
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