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Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces

Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 14, 1990

Runtime

1h 38m

Genres

Comedy, Drama

User Score

65%

Original Title

عصفور السطح

Production Companies

Les Films du Scarabée, Cinétéléfilms, France Média

Director

Férid Boughedir

Description

Twelve-year-old Noura dangles uncertainly in that difficult netherworld between childhood and adulthood. His growing libido has gotten him banned from the women's baths, where his mother took him when he was younger, but he's not yet old enough to participate in grown-up discussions with the men of his Tunisian village. Noura's only real friend is a troublemaker named Salih -- the village political outcast.