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Harka

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Dreaming of a better life, Ali makes a precarious living selling contraband gas on the streets of Tunisia. Forced to take charge of his two younger sisters after their father's sudden death, and facing impending eviction, Ali will have to make a decision from which there is no turning back. What ensues is a fight for dignity, the voice of a generation trying to be heard.

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Wendy Ide Observer (UK) May 8, 2023
4/5
While the symbolism can land a little heavily at times, Bessa’s fiercely committed performance and the palpable anger in the storytelling are the picture’s driving force. Go to Full Review
Hanna Flint Empire Magazine May 5, 2023
3/5
Lotfy Nathan’s debut is a grounded, sensitive portrait of a country still reeling from dysfunction. The script doesn’t penetrate as much as Adam Bessa’s searingly intense performance, which gives this social drama impressive emotional heft. Go to Full Review
Leslie Felperin Financial Times May 4, 2023
3/5
Lotfy Nathan lays on the suffering thickly, and too often the film plays like poverty porn, the kind designed to prey on liberal viewers’ sense of guilt. But French-Italian-Tunisian star Bessa gives a raw, strong performance... Go to Full Review
David Parkinson Radio Times Jun 1, 2023
4/5
Nathan's study in forlorn survival is both revealing and wrenching, made all the more punishing and poignant by Maximilian Pittner's unflinching photography, Salima Maatoug's personal narration and Eli Keszler's emotive score. Go to Full Review
Rich Cline Shadows on the Wall May 9, 2023
4/5
Along with beautiful wide-screen cinematography by Maximilian Pittner, the film features a riveting performance from Adam Bessa that's unnervingly easy to identify with. Go to Full Review
Hugh Barnes The Arts Desk May 8, 2023
3/5
In the hands of a more visceral director, someone like Ken Loach perhaps, this slow demolition of an ordinary person... might have felt less didactic and exploitative. Unfortunately, Nathan’s script lays it on a bit thick with the doom and despair. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Lotfy Nathan

Director

Adam Bessa

Ali

Najib Allagui

Omar

Salima Maatoug

Alyssa

Ikbal Harbi

Sarra

Khaled Brahmi

Actor

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Synopsis Dreaming of a better life, Ali makes a precarious living selling contraband gas on the streets of Tunisia. Forced to take charge of his two younger sisters after their father's sudden death, and facing impending eviction, Ali will have to make a decision from which there is no turning back. What ensues is a fight for dignity, the voice of a generation trying to be heard.
Director
Lotfy Nathan
Producer
Julie Viez
Screenwriter
Lotfy Nathan
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Arabic
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