Rouge Parole (Rouge Parole)
Arab Feature Competition
Elyes Baccar / Feature Documentary / Tunisia / 2011 / 94 min / Color / HDCAM
In Arabic / English, Arabic subtitles
Interests: Politics, History, Creative Doc
World Premiere
Rated: Parental guidance is advised
Screenings
Synopsis
The Arab Revolution erupted in a country that few had expected, starting a political earthquake that shook the whole world. “Rouge Parole” is the story of the Tunisian popular revolution and the expulsion of President Ben Ali, emotionally told by its heroes through both their silence and their clamour, charting Tunisia’s first steps towards democracy.
About the Director
Born in Tunis in 1971, Elyes Baccar is a graduate of the Conservatoire Libre du Cinéma Français in Paris. He directed several shorts, plays and documentaries prior to his first feature, “She& He” (2006). He won the Al-Jazeera Documentary Film Festival’s award for best short for “Pakistan 7.6” and his feature documentary “Wailing Wall” won the Osian Film Festival’s special jury award.
Credits
- Director
- Elyes Baccar
- Producer
- Elyes Baccar
- Editor
- Anis Hammami
- Music
- Sofyann Ben Youssef
- Cinematographer
- Elyes Baccar
- Sound
- Maher Nacheb, Selim Jebali
- Mixing
- Denis Sechaud
- Cast
- Monji Larguech, Om el Khir Neji, Asma Drissi, Ali Bouazizi, Riadh Kaabi, Amin Slama, Boujemaa Chraiti, Ramzi Hamdi, Basem Nemri, Hassen Hajji