A Tale of Love and Desire

102 minutes • 2021 • 6.6

Ahmed is 18 and has recently started his Arab Literature studies at the Sorbonne. He encounters Farah, a Tunisian fellow student, and they fall in love. Classic boy-meets-girl, but with a few complications. Where she is open and liberated, he is more influenced by his background and the cultural codes of the Arab culture. He is also an awkward and closed young man. He does not want to have sex or kiss in public. He carries quite a bit of "what will people say", both in terms of his own behavior and that of his rebellious and independent sister Dalila (Mahia Zrouki).