Search: Starring Hichem Yacoubi

Arab Blues (2019)

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The story develops episodically, with each client given their bit of patter, some of which work better than others.

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5

A Parisian psychoanalyst tries to set up a practice in a post-Arab Spring Tunis.
Io Capitano (2023)

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First-timer Sarr - who is a musician - is a remarkable lead and matched by the support from fellow novice Fall.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5

Two Senegalese teenagers try to realise their dream of a new life in Europe.
A Prophet (2009)

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An unlikely, but highly effective, marriage of arthouse and mainstream sensibilities.

Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5

An illiterate teenager struggles when he is sent to jail, but after embarking on a series of "missions" for a gang leader, he begins to hatch plans of his own.
Speak No Evil (2022)

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Tafdrup chooses to follow the more familiar route, carrying events to a natural extreme, but in a way this lets the Danish couple off the hook.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5

A Danish family visits a Dutch family they met on a holiday. What was supposed to be an idyllic weekend slowly starts unraveling as the Danes try to stay polite in the face of unpleasantness.
Timbuktu (2014)

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The way Sissako exposes the double standard makes the Jihadists' behavior no less threatening, on the contrary.

Anne-Katrin Titze · 4.5 out of 5

After a herdsman accidentally kills someone, he finds himself a victim of Sharia law fundamentalists.