Une histoire d’amour et de désir A Tale of Love and Desire

by Leyla Bouzid

2021 Selection

FRANCE 2021 1h42 IN FRENCH, ARABIC

World premiere Special screening Closing Film

Ahmed, 18, French of Algerian origin, grew up in the suburbs of Paris. At the university, he meets Farah, a young Tunisian girl, full of energy, who has just arrived in Paris. While discovering a collection of sensual and erotic Arab literature he never imagined existed, Ahmed falls head over heels in love with Farah, and although literally overwhelmed with desire, he will try to resist it.


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Leyla Bouzid

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