NOT TO BE MISSED!

MAKING OF
on Thu 26 Nov 6.30pm at Rich Mix

Dir: Nouri Bouzid Tunisia, 2006, 120 minutes
Young, energetic and restless, Bahta dreams of fleeing to Europe to escape the restrictions of his life in Tunisia. At home, his macho father offers nothing but criticism and when Bahta is out with his break-dancing peers the police seem to track their every move.
Set in 2003, things come to a head when Iraq is invaded by the American-led coalition forces and Bahta’s European mirage evaporates. With his love life in tatters, Bahta takes his rebellious activities too far and quickly gets into serious trouble with the police. He becomes the perfect target for a fundamentalist group, which sets out to brainwash and train him to be a suicide bomber.

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