Romance: One Pill in the Morning, One at Night
by Mohammed Ben Attia (Tunisia, 2005, 20 min, Beta SP) U.S Premiere
Wednesday, October 12: 7PM For Ramadan, screening begins @ 7PM
 
Synopsis:
 
A humorous twist on the contrast between romantic expectations and real life. A couple meets in a movie theater and is quickly swept away in respective fantasies about a possible relationship. He dreams of a beautiful superwoman with exquisite cooking skills; she desires a wealthy factory manager who will propose marriage. The film ends, the lights go on, and a month later Walid and Meryem are still together. In Arabic with English subtitles.
Filmmaker’s Biography:
Mohammed Ben Attia received his undergraduate degree in business management at the “IHEX” of Tunis-Carthage. He went on to study audiovisual management at Carthage University and received an advanced degree in Management and Audiovisual Communication at Valenciennes University in 2000. Between 1999 and 2000, Attia worked as an intern on the documentary film One Hundred Years of the Metro for Video Planning in Paris. In 2004 he directed the short-fiction film Romantism, deux coprimés matin et soir produced by Nomadis Images. He continues to work in sales at ARTES Renault-Tunisia.
 
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