

An 18 year old on the island Djerba, Aicha, is married to Said, who works in Tunis for much of the year. Aicha breaks with tradition and decides to join Said in Tunis, weaving rugs to make money. Said asks that she give him a son, so Aicha lives under the rule of her mother-in-law.
Directed by Moufida Tlatli, Dora Bouchoucha, Nathalie Nghet
User score
9 votes
Released
September 13, 2000
2h 2m
Arabic

Rabia Ben Abdallah
Aicha

Sabah Bouzouita
Zeineb
Ghalia Ben Ali
Meriem

Hend Sabry
Emna

Ezzedine Gannoun
Said

Mouna Noureddine
Matriarch
Azza Baaziz
Meriem as a child
Lilia Falkat
Emna as a child
Adel Hergal
Aziz
Houyem Rassaa
Zohra

Kaouther Belhaj
Fatma

Néjib Belkadhi
Sami

Jamel Madani
Younes
Sadok Boutouria
Am Ali
Zakia Ben Ayed
Regaya
Meherzia Ben Nasser
Mahbouba

Ikram Azouz
Slimane

Ahmed Hafiene
Ghali

Ali Khemiri
Leila Chebbi
Salha