Beauty and the Dogs

2017 film

Meriem Ben Mohamed
Ava Djamshidi

Produced byMohamed Habib Attia
Nadim CheikhrouhaCinematographyJohan HolmquistEdited byNadia Ben RachidMusic byAmine Bouhafa

Production
companies

Cinétéléfilms
Tanit Films
Laika Film & Television
Film i Väst
Schortcut Films
Integral Film
Chimney

Release dates

19 May 2017 (2017-05-19) (Cannes)
18 October 2017 (2017-10-18) (France)

Running time

95 minutesCountriesTunisia
France
Sweden
Lebanon
NorwayLanguageArabic

Beauty and the Dogs (Arabic: على كف عفريت, romanized: ʿAlā kaff ʿifrīt) is a 2017 internationally co-produced drama film directed by Kaouther Ben Hania. It premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.^[1]^[2] It was selected as the Tunisian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards,^[3] but was not nominated.^[4]

Plot

A young Tunisian woman is raped by police officers and seeks assistance in hospitals and police stations to register their crime while she is still under shock from the attack. She encounters indifference, hostility, bureaucratic impediments and some assistance from the various individuals that she interacts with. In the final scene, several police officers seek to intimidate the victim until one of the officers breaks from the group and encourages the victim to move ahead with her complaint. Based on a true story.

Cast

Mariam Al Ferjani as Mariam Chaouch
Ghanem Zrelly as Youssef
Noomen Hamda as Chedly
Mohamed Akkari as Lamjed
Chedly Arfaoui as Mounir
Anissa Daoud as Faiza
Mourad Gharsalli as Lassaad

References

^ "The 2017 Official Selection". Cannes Film Festival. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
^ Winfrey, Graham (13 April 2017). "2017 Cannes Film Festival Announces Lineup: Todd Haynes, Sofia Coppola, 'Twin Peaks' and More". IndieWire. Penske Business Media. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
^ Neila, Driss (16 September 2018). "Oscars 2019 – Le film "La belle et la meute" de Kaouther Ben Hania représentera la Tunisie à la présélection". Tunis Webdo. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
^ Kozlov, Vladimir (19 September 2018). "Oscars: Tunisia Selects 'Beauty and the Dogs' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 19 September 2018.