''Beauty and the Dogs'' ( ar, على كف عفريت, ʿAlā kaff ʿifrīt) is a 2017 internationally co-produced

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directed by

Kaouther Ben Hania Kaouther Ben Hania ( ar , كوثر بن هنية; born 1977) is a Tunisian film director. '' Beauty and the Dogs'' (2017), her best-known film, was selected as the Tunisian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards. Her ...

. It premiered in the

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section at the

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. It was selected as the Tunisian entry for the

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at the

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, but was not nominated.

Plot

A young Tunisian woman is raped by police officers and seeks assistance in hospitals and police stations to register their crime while she is still under shock from the attack. She encounters indifference, hostility, bureaucratic impediments and some assistance from the various individuals that she interacts with. In the final scene, several police officers seek to intimidate the victim until one of the officers breaks from the group and encourages the victim to move ahead with her complaint. Based on a true story.

Cast

* Mariam Al Ferjani as Mariam Chaouch * Ghanem Zrelly as Youssef * Noomen Hamda as Chedly * Mohamed Akkari as Lamjed * Chedly Arfaoui as Mounir *

Anissa Daoud Anissa Daoud ( ar, أنيسة داود) is a Franco-Tunisian actress, author and producer. Living between Paris and Tunis, she is part of the art collective Artists Producers Associates (APA). Career Anissa Daoud grew up in Tunisia, of Tunisia ...

as Faiza * Mourad Gharsalli as Lassaad

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* 2017 films 2017 drama films French drama films Tunisian drama films Swedish drama films Lebanese drama films Norwegian drama films 2010s Arabic-language films Films about rape Films about police misconduct Films set in Tunisia Films based on non-fiction books Drama films based on actual events 2010s French films 2010s Swedish films {{Tunisia-film-stub

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