2001
France - Tunisia
35mm - 91min - 1.85 - Color
Original language: Arabic
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Cast
Hiam Abbass
Hend El Fahem
Maher Kamoun
Faouzi Badr
Credits
Director: Raja Amari
Script: Raja Amari
Image: Diane Baratier
Music : Nafwel El Manaa
Editing : Pauline Dairou
Producers: Alain Rozanes & Pascal Verroust (ADR PRODUCTIONS)
Co-producer : Dora BOUCHOUCHA FOURATI (NOMADIS IMAGE)
Festivals & Awards
BERLINALE 2002 - FORUM
Nat Film Fest DK 2002
Sydney Film Fest 2002
Seattle Film Fest 2002
Winner of the New Director's Showcase Award Karlovy Vary Fest 2002
Brisbane Film Fest 2002
New Zealand Film Fest 2002
Melbourne Film Fest 2002
Montreal Film Fest 2002
Best African Film Winner Rio Film Fest 2002
Film From the South, Norway 2002
Official Competition London Film Fest 2002
Torino Film Fest 2002
Winner of the Grand Prize for Best film Rotterdam Film Fest 2003
Hungarian Film Archive 2003
Belgrade Film Fest 2003
Gwangju Film Fest 2003
San Sebastian 2003
Cairo Film Fest 2003
Koszalin Film Fest 2003
Best actress : Hiam Abbas Durban Film fest 2003
Black Nights Film Fest 2003
Bangkok Film Fest 2004
SATIN ROUGE
Red Satin
a film by :Raja Amari
Modern day Tunis. Lilia's an ordinary orderly woman. She lives alone with her daughter Salma. She believes Salma is having affair with Chokri, a cabaret musician. Trying to save her daughter from catastrophy, she spends an evening in the cabaret. This contact with a world unknown to her turns her life upside down.
Tunis, aujourd'hui. Lilia, est une femme ordinaire, rangée. Elle vit seule avec sa fille Salma. Lilia croit que sa fille lui cache sa relation avec Chokri, musicien dans un cabaret. Pensant sauver sa fille de la dérive, Lilia se rend une nuit dans ce cabaret. Avec le contact de ce nouveau monde, la vie de Lilia bascule.