Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces ( 1990 )

Overview

Twelve-year-old Noura dangles uncertainly in that difficult netherworld between childhood and adulthood. His growing libido has gotten him banned from the women's baths, where his mother took him when he was younger, but he's not yet old enough to participate in grown-up discussions with the men of his Tunisian village. Noura's only real friend is a troublemaker named Salih -- the village political outcast.

Top Cast

Selim Boughedir

Noura

Mustafa Adouani

Si Azzouz, Noura's father

Rabia Ben Abdallah

Jamila, Noura's mother

Mohammed Driss

Salih

Hélène Catzaras

Latifa

Fatima Ben Saïdane

Salouha

Carolyn Chelby

Leila

Abdelhamid Guayas

Sheikh Mokhtar

Jamel Sassi

Moncef

Zahira Ben Ammar

The matron

Radhouane El Meddeb

Mounir

Jamila Ourabi

Owner of the hammam

Aziza Boulabiar

Zekhia

Amouche Setbon

The Beautiful Aicha

Marianne Catzaras

Fatma