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Part of the Spring 2020 Film Series: Urban Tales
*This film may not be rated*
From The New York Times -
A crescendo of humiliation, anxiety and abuse, “Beauty and the Dogs” plays like a horror movie where every choice is a Catch-22 and every door a trap.
Unfolding over one endless night and nine chapters — each confidently filmed in a single, liquid take — the story (by the film’s Tunisian director, Kaouther Ben Hania) follows Mariam (Mariam Al Ferjani), a young student. Raped by the police after a university party, Mariam, accompanied by a young man she has just met (Ghanem Zrelli), desperately seeks help, first from an indifferent private clinic and then a chaotic public hospital….
A crescendo of humiliation, anxiety and abuse, “Beauty and the Dogs” plays like a horror movie where every choice is a Catch-22 and every door a trap.
Unfolding over one endless night and nine chapters — each confidently filmed in a single, liquid take — the story (by the film’s Tunisian director, Kaouther Ben Hania) follows Mariam (Mariam Al Ferjani), a young student. Raped by the police after a university party, Mariam, accompanied by a young man she has just met (Ghanem Zrelli), desperately seeks help, first from an indifferent private clinic and then a chaotic public hospital.
Director
Kaouther Ben Hania
Language
Arabic (with English subtitles)
Length
100 minutes
Presenter
TBD
