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The String

    Romance
    Drama
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May 12, 2009
Rating Unavailable

Malik has a lot on his plate when he returns home to Tunisia after living in France. He's processing his father's death, he can't come out to his mother, and his childhood anxieties have resurfaced. But all of Malik's problems seem to fade away when he falls for Bilal, the dreamy houseboy at his mother's bourgeois estate.

Details

  • Directors
  • Vote Average
    6.7
  • Vote Count
    46
  • Popularity
    5
  • Language
    Français
  • Origin Country
    FR

Cast

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Claudia Cardinale
Sara
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Antonin Stahly-Vishwanadan
Malik
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Salim Kéchiouche
Bilal
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Driss Ramdi
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Ramla Ayari
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Ali Mrabet
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Abir Bennani
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Rihab Mejri
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Lotfi Dziri
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Mehdi Ben Attia

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Reviews

(1)
CinemaSerf
70%
Quite a classy little film, this one. "Malik" (Antonin Viswanadhan) returns from Paris to his home in Tunisia after the death of his father and falls in love with his mother's handyman "Bilal" (Salim Kechiouche). He doesn't so much come out to, as get caught out by, his mother - a still stunning Claudia Cardinale - and the story focuses on the personal and cultural hurdles not just current, but in his past, as they all come to terms. It's a beautifully shot, evenly paced story from a part of the world not often associated with this genre of cinema. Well worth a watch.