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24th
Midnight Cinema
Ashkal
 
Director_ Youssef CHEBBI
 
France, Tunisia, Qatar 2022 95min DCP Color feature Fiction
Review

The burnt body of a caretaker is found on a construction site of a high-rise building, where the work has stopped temporarily and is about to be resumed. A young female detective, Fatma, and a middle-aged detective, Batal, investigate the case, but figuring out its true nature is not easy. Amid this, the developers want to restart the construction, while those in the upper echelons of power insist on covering up the case. However, the situation gets out of hand as similar incidents keep occurring. Although Ashkal is a mystery thriller tracing a chain of self-destruction cases on the surface, it ultimately has political connotations regarding the recent history of Tunisia. Given that the self-immolation of a street vendor, Mohamed Bouazizi, became a catalyst for the Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia, we can understand this self-annihilation case in the film was severe. The repeated appearance of the hideous construction site signifies a stagnant revolution and becomes a way to reveal the futility of the logic of development. (MOON Seok)

CREDIT
  • DirectorYoussef CHEBBI
  • ProducerFarès LADJIMI
  • ScreenplayYoussef CHEBBI, François-Michel ALLEGRINI
  • CinematographyHazem BERRABAH
  • Production DesignMalek GNAOUI
  • MusicThomas KURATLI
  • EditorValentin FERON
  • SoundAymen LABIDI, Waldir XAVIER, Mathieu NAPPEZ
CastFatma OUSSAIFI, Mohamed HOUCINE GRAYAA, Hichem RIAHI, Nabil TRABELSI
DIRECTOR
Youssef CHEBBI 
Born in 1984, Tunisia. After studying art, he directed two short films, Vers le Nord (2010) and Les Profondeurs (2012), which were selected at several international festivals. In 2012, he co-directed a documentary Babylon, which won the Jury Prize at the FIDMarseille and was presented at MoMA. Ashkal is his first feature.
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