Jassad gharib
Foreign Body
Sarra Hannachi, Salim Kechiouche, Hiam Abbass
Jassad gharib | Foreign Body by Raja Amari
TUN/FRA 2016, Forum
© Nomadis Films / Mon Voisin Productions
Salim Kechiouche, Sarra Hannachi, Hiam Abbass
Jassad gharib | Foreign Body by Raja Amari
TUN/FRA 2016, Forum
© Nomadis Films / Mon Voisin Productions
Hiam Abbass, Sarra Hannachi
Jassad gharib | Foreign Body by Raja Amari
TUN/FRA 2016, Forum
© Nomadis Films / Mon Voisin Productions
Samia makes friends with Imed, who she knows from her home country. At first glance, he seems to have made it: he works in a bar without papers, has a flat and friends. She stays with him but soon realises that he and his social circle will not permit self-determination on her part. She decides to move on and manages to get Mme Berteau, a bourgeois widow, to employ her as a maid. Flat, clothes, residence permit – Samia now gets it all. The two women grow closer, while Samia's relationship with Imed cools. He represents the life she left behind. But then Mme Berteau and Imed take a liking to each other.
Within the web of attraction and dependency that develops between the three characters, the camera always keeps close to Samia, making tangible just how urgently she seeks to take her fate in her own hands. Jassad gharib is the portrait of a determined young woman looking to live in freedom.
With
- Hiam Abbass (Leila)
- Sarra Hannachi (Samia)
- Salim Kechiouche (Imed)
- Marc Brunet (Jacques)
Crew
| Written and Directed by | Raja Amari |
| Cinematography | Aurélien Devaux |
| Editing | Guerric Catala |
| Music | Nicolas Becker |
| Sound | Ludovic Escallier |
| Sound Design | Cyril Holtz, Benoît Hillebrant |
| Production Design | Rauf Helioui |
| Costumes | Soraya Mangin, Nabila Cherif |
| Producer | Dora Bouchoucha Nomadis Images, Dominique Besnehard Mon Voisin Productions |
World Sales
UDI
Produced by
Nomadis Images
Mon Voisin Productions
Additional information
Raja Amari, Hiam Abbas, Salim Kechiouche
The film director and her actors.
Jassad gharib · Forum · Feb 15, 2017
Hiam Abbas, Salim Kechiouche
The actors during Q&A.
Jassad gharib · Forum · Feb 15, 2017
Dorothee Wenner, Raja Amari, Hiam Abbas
The moderator with the director and the actress.
Jassad gharib · Forum · Feb 15, 2017
Raja Amari
Born in 1971 in Tunis, Tunisia. She studied at the film school La Fémis in Paris.
Filmography
1998 Avril; 30 min. 2001 Un soir de juillet; 20 min. 2002 Satin rouge (Red Satin); 89 min., Berlinale Forum 2002 2004 Les traces de l’oubli (Seekers of Oblivion); 52 min. 2009 Dowaha (Buried Secrets); 91 min. 2014 Printemps Tunisien (Tunisian Spring); 93 min. 2017 Jassad gharib (Foreign Body)
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2017