Beauty and the Dogs
Doha Film Experience - Doha Film Institute
Kaouther Ben Hania / Tunisia, France, Sweden, Norway, Lebanon, Qatar, Switzerland / 2017 / 100 min / Colour / DCP / In Arabic / Arabic, English subtitles
Themes : Drama
Rated: 
Mature subject matter. Not suitable for minors. Individuals under the age of 18 are not admitted into cinemas.
Description
During a student party, Mariam, a young Tunisian woman, meets the mysterious Youssef and leaves with him. During a long night, Mariam will have to fight for her rights and her dignity. But how can justice be delivered when it lies on the side of the tormentors? ‘Beauty and the Dogs’ is a profoundly moving tale of a woman who, in the most undignified of situations, insists on maintaining her dignity and demanding some of humanity’s most basic rights—the right to be heard, to expose the truth, and to see justice served.
Director
Kaouther Ben Hania
Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania studied cinema in Tunisia and in Paris at La Fémis and the Sorbonne. She has directed several short films, including ‘Wooden Hand’ (2013), which had a lengthy and successful run on the international festival circuit. Her documentary film ‘Imams Go to School’ had its premiere at the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam in 2010 and was selected for numerous prestigious film festivals. ‘Challat of Tunis’, her first feature film, opened the ACID section of the Festival de Cannes in 2014. Her most recent film, ‘Zaineb Hates the Snow’, shot over years in Canada and Tunisia, premiered in the Official Selection of the Festival del Film Locarno in 2016, won a Golden Tanit at the Carthage Film Festival, and was named Best Documentary at Cinémed.
Credits
- Screenwriter
- Kaouther Ben Hania
- Producer
- Habib Attia, Nadim Cheikhrouha
- Cinematographer
- Johan Holmquist
- Editor
- Nadia Ben Rachid
- Music
- Amine Bouhafa
- Cast
- Meriam Al Ferjani, Ghanem Zrelli, Noomane Hamda, Mohamed Akkari, Chedly Arfaoui