Cinema
صراخ
Omar Khlifi · 1972
Synopsis
Withdrawn from the world, a mother tells a passing guest the story of her two daughters. The elder, a victim of a man from the city, takes justice into her own hands, and the village notables judge her while the other women protest. The younger, Selma, loves a young man without fortune, but her father imposes on her the husband he has chosen for her.
Context
Khlifi wrote and directed this social drama, photographed by Ezzedine Ben Ammar, with Salwa Mohamed, Ahmed Zaibi, Hassiba Rochdi and Zohra Faïza. The sources give various dates: 1972 for Kapitalis and the Tunisian Cinémathèque, 1973 for Webdo, 1970 for Ciné-fiches; it was released in France on 10 March 1976, under the title Hurlements. The Tunisian Cinémathèque screened it again in 2024 in a cycle of 35 mm prints, with a running time of one hundred minutes, whereas Ciné-fiches gives an hour and twenty-five. Webdo singles out the scene of a procession of women following a funeral cortege, which caused debate at the time.
Who it is for
A social drama in Arabic, raw for its time, to be reserved for a mature audience because of the violence against women that it shows.
Prizes and reception
Regarded by Webdo as a feminist film that caused a scandal; released in France in 1976 and revived by the Tunisian Cinémathèque in 2024.
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