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Amel Hedhili, Hend Sabri, Najia Ouerghi, Ghalia Lacroix, Sami Bouajila

Alia is born to serve men. Her mother is a servant in the palace of the Bey--dispensing food, and her body, to the royal princes of Tunisia. As Alia, now a singer in post-colonial Tunisia, looks back ... read more read more...at her childhood in the palace in the 1960's, she must come to terms with the meaning of her mother's life and the tradition of bondage she's attempting to escape.

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Unrated, 2 hr. 8 min.

Directed by: Moufida Tlatli

Release Date: September 7, 1994

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  • matoler
    March 9, 2010
    matoler
    Amazing camera work in this compelling tale of the servants in the house of Tunisian nobles as their power begins to fall apart.

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Lisa Nesselson
March 26, 2009
Lisa Nesselson, Variety

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Edward Guthmann
January 1, 2000
Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle

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Caryn James
January 1, 2000
Caryn James, New York Times

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Emanuel Levy
August 10, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

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July 30, 2003
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Derek Adams
February 9, 2006
Derek Adams, Time Out

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May 24, 2003
Film4

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Barbara Shulgasser
January 1, 2000
Barbara Shulgasser, San Francisco Examiner

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January 1, 2000
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