As a tunisian i was excited about the movie, especially while reading the french title " a sofa in Tunis", I thought: great finally we will be talking about the tunisian society deep complex psychology... and How was I wrong !
the movie is a bunch of sad stereotypes about the tunisian society from the lence of a director that has only grow up in France !
Golshiefteh is gorgeous but so unexpressive, the dialogues are basic with no soul and a bunch of bad clichés.
Correlating open mindness with smoking all the time, depicting trans people as crazy, the policeman that could have been a great caracter is just limited by by the stereotype of "dumb policeman", her cousin,Tunis born, veiled but wears t shirts and dances in the middle of the street and speaks french with a parisian accent better than the main caracter who is supposed to be from Paris !
and the ending... just quickly closing all the issues in 10 minutes and thats it ! no real depth
Baya the hairdresser and the wife of her uncle are the two most legit and best played caracters that reflect real tunisian caracters !
At the end, the movie is just a clumpsy depiction of the tunisian society from a director who didnt do his research well enough.
it will look great for foreigners, but it does depict/critic/reimagine the society I know. It did the mistake of most tunisian film : trying to discuss too many subject in one movie !
It could have been a great movie if the dialogues were more genuine and if she adressed ONE issue : a psychologist that is trying to start her business in Tunis !
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