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HONEY AND ASHES
by Nadia FaresMIEL ET CENDRES sheds light on the story and fate of three women trapped between tradition and modern life in North Africa today. Naima, a doctor, Amina, a graduate, and Leila, a young student, are pursuing their individual routes to an independent life when their paths cross.
Aged just twenty, Leila (Nozha Khouadra) is a young, rebellious woman with an unbridled desire for freedom. She leaves her family and embarks on a degree course in the city.
Amina (Amel Ledhili), aged 30, marries her former, liberal university professor and believes she has found a degree of stability in her life. She tries to keep her small family intact, until the jealousy of her husband destroys everything.
Naima (Samia Mzali) is 45 years old and a dedicated doctor and mother. She supports Leila and treats Aminas injured hand.
The three women share a longing for a self-determined life and the dream of a viable relationship in a difficult socio-political environment.
Year: 1996
Country: CH, TUN
Running Time: 80 Min.
Director: Nadia Fares
Author: Nadia Fares, Yves Kropf
Co-Author: Yves Kropf
Producer: Samir
Executive Producer: Karin Koch
Co-Producer: CTV Services, Tunis, SF DRS, ARTE/ZDF
Camera: Ismael Ramirez
Editor: Kahina Attia Riveille
Sound: Hachemi Joulak
Music: Jean-Francois Bovard
Mami Azairez
Slim Larnaout
Make-up: Hager Bouhawala
Set Designer: Claude Bennys
Production Manager: Lotfi Laiouni
Cast: Nozha Khouadra, Amel Ledhili, Naji Najeh, Samia Mzali, Lara Chaouachi, Slim Larnaout, Jamel Sassi, Mouna Noureddine, Abdelmajid Lakhal, Mahmoud Larnaout, Chedly Ouerghi, Naima El Jani
Ecumenical Film Preis, Festival internazionale del film 1996
Bayard dOr, Meilleure comédienne (Nozah Khouandra), Festival International du Film Francophone, Namur, 1996
Prix Emile Cantillon, Festival International du Film Francophone, Namur, 1996
Youth Jury prize, Festival International du Film Francophone, Namur, 1996
Prix dencouragement à la réalisation, Festival International du Film Francophone, Namur 1996
Antigone dOr de la Ville de Montpelllier ex aequo, Festival International Cinéma Méditérranéen Montpellier, 1996
Premio al Mejor Guion (Best Script)
Filmpreis des Saarländischen Ministerpräsidenten, Filmfestival Max-Ophüls Preis, 1997
Special Jury Prize, Festival International du Premier Film Annonay, 1997
Best first feature Film, Panafrican Film and Television Festival Ouagadougou, 1997
Miglior lungometraggio ex aequo, Festival Internazionale Cinema delle Donne, 1997
UNESCO Tolerance Prize, Vues dAfrique, Journées africaines et créoles Montreal,1997
SKYY Prize, Best First Film, San Francisco Int. Film Festival, 1997
United Nations Award, 4th MedFilmFestival, 1998
Festival internazionale del film Locarno, 1996
Sarajevo Film Festival, 1996
Festival international du film francophone Namur, 1996
Journées cinématographiques de Carthage, 1996
Festival internationl du cinéma méditéranéen Montpellier, 1996
Festival International de Cine Gijon, 1996
Festival du film «Entrevues» Belfort, 1996
Solothurner Filmtage, 1997
Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis Saarbrücken, 1997
Festival international du 1er film et de la jeunesse Annonay, 1997
Panafrican Film & TV Festival Ouagadougou, 1997
Journées africaines et créoles Montréal, 1997
San Francisco International Film Festival, 1997
Französische Filmtage Tübingen, 1997
International Filmfestival Karlovy Vary, 1997
Toronto International Film Festival, 1997
Vancouver International Film Festival, 1997
Festival International de Film Sao Paulo, 1997
Shanghai International Film Festival, 1997
Festival International de Cine de Mar del Plata, 1997
Festival de Cine Iberoamericano Huelva, 1997
Calcutta International Film Festival, 1997
Cairo International Film Festival, 1997
Rencontres cinémas de Manosque, 1998
Hong Kong International Film Festival, 1998
Singapore International film Film Festival, 1998
International Istanbul Film Festival, 1998
Sydney Film Festival, 1998
Haifa International Film Festival, 1998
Nortel Palm Springs International Film Festival, 1999
Festival International de Films de Femmes Créteil, 2000
International Film Festival Umea, 2000
Cairo International Film Festival, 2000
Moscow International Film Festival, 2001
Festival International Cinema d. Donne Torino, 2002
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