Silences of the Palace 1994
Directed by: Moufida Tlatli
Note: International Critics' Award, Toronto International Film Festival, 1994
Camera d'Or, Cannes Film Festival 1994
Synopsis: Emotionally powerful look at the role of women in a changing world. Set in Tunisia in the 1950s, Tlatli tells the story of servant women living through the last days of French colonial rule, virtual prisoners in the palace of "the beys".
(Arabic and French w/ English subtitles - 127 minutes)