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Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces (1990)
Twelve-year-old Noura dangles uncertainly in that difficult netherworld between childhood and adulthood. His growing libido has gotten him banned from the women's baths, where his mother took him when he was younger, but he's not yet old enough to participate in grown-up discussions with the men of his Tunisian village. Noura's only real friend is a troublemaker named Salih -- the village political outcast.
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Twelve-year-old Noura dangles uncertainly in that difficult netherworld between childhood and adulthood. His growing libido has gotten him banned from the women's baths, where his mother took him when he was younger, but he's not yet old enough to participate in grown-up discussions with the men of his Tunisian village. Noura's only real friend is a troublemaker named Salih -- the village political outcast.
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Genre:Comedy, Drama
Written By:Férid Boughedir, Nouri Bouzid, Maryse León García
In Theaters:9/14/1990
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Runtime:98 minutes
Studio:Les Films du Scarabée, Cinétéléfilms, France Média
Cast
Férid Boughedir
Director
Selim Boughedir
Noura
Mustafa Adouani
Si Azzouz, Noura's father
Rabia Ben Abdallah
Jamila, Noura's mother
Mohammed Driss
Salih
Hélène Catzaras
Latifa
Fatima Ben Saïdane
Salouha
Carolyn Chelby
Leila
Abdelhamid Guayas
Sheikh Mokhtar
Jamel Sassi
Moncef
Zahira Ben Ammar
The matron
Radhouane El Meddeb
Mounir
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