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The Scarecrows

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    Feature Film | 2019 | Drama | Luxembourg, Morocco, Tunisia

    Main data

    DirectorNouri Bouzid
    Written byNouri Bouzid
    ProductionMésanges Films [tn], Lycia Productions [ma], Samsa Film
    DistributorHakka Distribution [tn], MPM - Movie Partners in Motion Film [fr]

    Project data

    Film financing
    Length of movie98 min

    Trailers/Videos

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    Brief synopsis

    Back from the Syrian front, Zina was separated from her child and Djo finds out she’s pregnant, expressing her Syrian horror only in the novel she is writing. To assist them in their hard and lengthy reconstruction, Human Rights lawyer Nadia, Humanitarian doctor Dora and Driss, a young homosexual banned from all school establishments, join forces. All together, will they be able to help Zina and Djo open their black box – es and stand up to the unjust society ?

    Cast

    ActorRole nameVoice actor / SpeakerVoice actor
    Nour HajriZina [L]
    Afef Ben MahmoudNadia [L]
    Sondos BelhassenSaieda [L]
    Joumene LimamDjo [L]

    Crew

    ActivityNameComment
    Director of photographyHatem Nechi
    Costume designerNabila Cherif
    DirectorNouri Bouzid
    ComposerRiadh Fehri
    Production designerFatma Madani
    ScreenwriterNouri Bouzid

    Production companies

    CompanyComment
    Mésanges Films [tn]
    Lycia Productions [ma]
    Samsa Film

    Distribution / Sales companies

    CompanyComment
    Hakka Distribution [tn]
    MPM - Movie Partners in Motion Film [fr]
    International Sales    		International Sales

    Awards

    Award winnerYearAwardCategory 
    Nouri Bouzid2020Venice International Film Festival [it]
    HRNs Award - Special Prize for Human Rights    		HRNs Award - Special Prize for Human RightsWinner

    Festivals

    YearCountryFestivalComment
    2020LuxembourgLuxembourg City Film Festival
    Made in/with Luxembourg    		Made in/with Luxembourg
    2019ItalyVenice International Film Festival
    Sconfini    		Sconfini
    2019TunisiaJCC - Journées Cinématographiques de Carthage
    Opening Film    		Opening Film
    2019FranceCinemed - Festival du cinéma méditerranéen de Montpellier
    Compétition longs métrages    		Compétition longs métrages

    Links

    Reviews
    Articlehttps://cineuropa.org/fr/newsdetail/377934/
    Articlehttps://cineuropa.org/fr/newsdetail/376868/
    Articlehttps://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2019/sconfini/les-%C3%A9pouvantails
    Critiquehttps://www.luxfilmfest.lu/fr/films/les-epouvantails
    Articlehttp://kapitalis.com/tunisie/2019/11/08/les-epouvantails-de-nouri-bouzid-et-si-on-parlait-du-jihad-du-sexe/
    Critiquehttps://www.senscritique.com/film/Les_Epouvantails/40557698
    La pressehttp://cinematunisien.com/blog/2020/10/24/les-epouvantails-de-nouri-bouzid-en-mode-recurrent/
    Critihttp://africultures.com/les-epouvantails-de-nouri-bouzid-14809/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=504
    Critiquehttps://nawaat.org/2019/11/27/cinema-les-epouvantails-de-nouri-bouzid-fausse-alerte/
    Articlehttps://lapresse.tn/32558/jcc-2019-les-epouvantails-de-nouri-bouzid-spectres-obscurs/
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