Beautiful Days by Meriem Riveil, Tunisia 2005
Wednesday, October 12: 7PM For Ramadan, screening begins @ 7PM

 
Synopsis:
 
Hager, a 60 year old widow of a Tunisian migrant wakes up in her apartment on a Parisian morning enwrapped in memories of her sister and youth in Tunisia. Those were the beautiful days, when life was full of promise and Mahmoud, a young Tunisian immigrant to Paris promised her love and bliss. In Arabic with English subtitles

Filmmaker’s Biography:
 
Meriem Riveill was born in Algiers in 1976, and grew up in Tunisia. She completed her studies in scriptwriting and directing in Paris (Paris VIII- Saint-Denis) in 2001. She also worked as an assistant to renonwed Tunisian filmmaker, Nacer Khemir. Beautiful Days is her first short-fiction film.

Festivals and Awards:
 
• Tangiers Film Festival, September 2005

Print Source:
 
Meriem Riveil
mimiriveill@tiscali.fr