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In North Africa, Tunisia holds a long Mediterranean shoreline with southern desert behind it. A French protectorate until 1956 gave way to one-party rule, then the 2011 Jasmine Revolution that ousted the president and sparked regional protests, pushing street politics into film. Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces watches Tunis from rooftops, while Nefta Football Club plays out in a southern town. Open Tunisia on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.

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10 famous stories set in Tunisia

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Browse 11 books, 25 movies and 1 game set in Tunisia.

Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces

Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces

Cinétéléfilms-France Média-Les Films du Scarabée
movie

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…

Setting: TunisiaTime Period: 1990
Nefta Football Club

Nefta Football Club

Les Valseurs-France 2-Région des Pays-de-la-Loire-CNC
movie

In the south of Tunisia two football fan brothers bump into a donkey lost in the middle of the desert on the border of Algeria. Strangely the animal wears headphones over its ears.

Setting: Tunisia; AlgeriaTime Period: 2010s
Hammamet

Hammamet

Pepito Produzioni-Minerva Pictures-RAI Cinema
movie

The last years of Bettino Craxi one of the most important and controversial italian leader of the 1980's.

Setting: Hammamet, TunisiaTime Period: 1990s
Banzaï

Banzaï

Renn Productions
movie

Michel works there manically solving people's problems over the phone. He is about to tie the knot with his girl friend Isabelle an airline hostess. She flies all over the world he hates to leave the office. A series of…

Setting: France; New York, USA; Tunisia; Hong KongTime Period: Contemporary
Arab Blues

Arab Blues

ARTE France Cinéma-Diaphana Films-MK2 Films-Kazak Productions
movie

Selma a psychoanalyst deals with a cast of colorful new patients after returning home to Tunisia to open a practice.

Setting: TunisiaTime Period: 2020
Beauty and the Dogs

Beauty and the Dogs

Film i Väst-Laika Film & Television-Cinétéléfilms-Tanit Films-Schortcut Films-Shortcut Films-Commune Image-Film and Literature Core Capstone Productions
movie

When Mariam a young Tunisian woman is raped by police officers after leaving a party she is propelled into a harrowing night in which she must fight for her rights even though justice lies on the side of her tormentors.

Setting: TunisiaTime Period: 2017
The Vultures

The Vultures

Soprofilms-Cerito Films-V Films-Carthago Films
movie

April 5 1943: a battalion of the Foreign Legion arrives in El Ksour Tunisia to escort a fortune in gold bars to the home front. A German ambush awaits and all but four die. Thanks to the street smarts of Sergeant…

Setting: TunisiaTime Period: 1943
A Son

A Son

13 Productions-Dolce Vita Films-Cinétéléfilms-Jour2Fête-Schortcut Films-Sunnyland Film
movie

Tunisia summer 2011. The holiday to the South of the country ends in disaster for Fares Meriem and their 10-year-old son Aziz when he is accidentally shot in an ambush. His injury will change their lives: Aziz needs a…

Setting: TunisiaTime Period: Summer 2011
The String

The String

Mille et une productions-Propaganda Pictures-Need Productions
movie

Malik has a lot on his plate when he returns home to Tunisia after living in France. He's processing his father's death he can't come out to his mother and his childhood anxieties have resurfaced. But all of Malik's…

Setting: Tunisia; FranceTime Period: 2009
Beyond Glory

Beyond Glory

Paramount
movie

Thinking he may have caused the death of his commanding officer Captain Daniels in Tunisia Rocky visits Daniels' widow. She falls for him he falls for her she encourages him to go to West Point. While there he faces…

Setting: Tunisia; West Point, New York, USATime Period: World War II / Post-WWII Era

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