Samt el qusur
April 24, 2011Samt el Qusur (“The Silences of the Palace”)
Call Number: VHS01663
by: Moufida Tlatli; Youssef Ben Youssef; Anouar Brahem; Claude Bennys; Mondher Dhrif; Camille Cotte; Kerim Hammouda; Ghalia Lacroix; Hend Sabri; Amel Hedhili; Najia Ouerghi; Sami Bouajila; Kamel Fazaa; ICA Projects.;
Format: VHS
Language: Arabic and French with English subtitles
Publisher: [Bethesda, Md.] : Capitol Home Video, 1996.
Notes: Originally released in 1996 (136 min);
Summary: As Alia, the daughter of a beautiful servant, Khedija, grows up in the king’s palace at the end of the French colonial rule in Tunisia, she realizes the sexual favours required of her mother and other servants, as she, herself, is misused by those in power around her. Women had to live in silence, a silence so profound, they may come to doubt their own past — even their own existence — yet they survived these political realities with courage, comradship, and the resources of their bodies.
OCLC #: 48041030
Added: April 24, 2011
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
