Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces
1990 · Movie · 98 min · ★ 6.4
A 12-year-old in a Tunisian village is caught between childhood and adulthood, suddenly shut out of women’s spaces but still excluded from the men’s world. As curiosity, embarrassment, and friendship collide, he stumbles through a funny, awkward search for what growing up is supposed to mean.
Also known as Halfaouine - Child of the Terraces · Asfour Stah
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Details
- Original title
- عصفور السطح
- Years
- 1990
- Release date
- 1990-09-14
- Language
- AR
- Runtime
- 98 min
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (62 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy candid, mischievous coming-of-age stories with cultural specificity and awkward adolescent humor, somewhere near A Summer in La Goulette; Not for you if frequent nudity or a light, episodic style puts you off.
Pros: funny coming-of-age humor; breezy, entertaining tone; relatable puberty theme | Cons: lots of nudity; broad characters; shallow supporting roles
Themes
- tunesia
- young boy
- boyhood
Awards & recognition
- Tanit d'or · 1990
- César Award — Best First Film · 1991 · nominated
Cast & crew
Selim Boughedir
as Noura
Mustafa Adouani
as Si Azzouz, Noura's father
Rabia Ben Abdallah
as Jamila, Noura's mother
- MD
Mohammed Driss
as Salih
Hélène Catzaras
as Latifa
Fatima Ben Saïdane
as Salouha
Carolyn Chelby
as Leila
- AG
Abdelhamid Guayas
as Sheikh Mokhtar
Jamel Sassi
as Moncef
Zahira Ben Ammar
as The matron
Directed by Férid Boughedir