The String

The String

Le fil

Back home in Tunisia after the death of his father, thirty-year-old Malik must once again live with his mother. He'd like to tell her that he fancies men, but can't bring himself to do so and slips... More
1h33m France/Belgium/Tunisia 2009
18+
Subtitles
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Tags
Gay Romance Lust Europe Movies

Synopsis

Back home in Tunisia after the death of his father, thirty-year-old Malik must once again live with his mother. He'd like to tell her that he fancies men, but can't bring himself to do so and slips ever deeper into his lies. When he meets Bilal, everything becomes possible: the young architect, his lover and his mother break all the boundaries to fully embrace life. In the heat of a Tunisian summer, they will each tap into the happiness they've been longing for.

"The String is a sunny gay romance in which obstacles of classism and heterosexism are managed."-Stephen O. Murray, The Tangent Group

Details

Country
FranceBelgiumTunisia
Language
FrenchArabic
Director
Mehdi Ben Attia
Cast
Antonin StahlySalim KechioucheClaudia Cardinale
Awards & Selections
Frameline Film Festival 2010 - Audience Award, Outfest Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival 2010, Seattle International Film Festival 2010
Review
Complicated Tunisian relationships in a sunny gay romance

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