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Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces

Original title: Asfour Stah
  • 1990
  • Unrated
  • 1h 38m
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6.7/10
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Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces (1990)
DramaComedy

Noura struggles to reconcile two worlds, Muslim women and men, while also dealing with his own sexuality.Noura struggles to reconcile two worlds, Muslim women and men, while also dealing with his own sexuality.Noura struggles to reconcile two worlds, Muslim women and men, while also dealing with his own sexuality.

  • Director
    • Férid Boughedir
  • Writers
    • Férid Boughedir
    • Nouri Bouzid
    • Taoufik Jebali
  • Stars
    • Selim Boughedir
    • Mustapha Adouani
    • Rabiah Ben-Abdullah
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.7/10
    1.8K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    2,497
    1,687
    • Director
      • Férid Boughedir
    • Writers
      • Férid Boughedir
      • Nouri Bouzid
      • Taoufik Jebali
    • Stars
      • Selim Boughedir
      • Mustapha Adouani
      • Rabiah Ben-Abdullah
    • 4User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 1 nomination

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    Selim Boughedir
    • Noura
    Mustapha Adouani
    • Si Azzouz Noura's father
    Rabiah Ben-Abdullah
    • Jamila Noura's mother
    • (as Rabia Ben Abdallah)
    Mohamed Driss
    • Salih
    • (as Mohammed Driss)
    Hélène Catzaras
    • Latifa
    Fatma Ben Saïdane
    • Salouha
    Abdelhamid Guayas
    • Cheick Mohktar
    • (as Abdelhamid Gayess)
    Jamel Sassi
    Jamel Sassi
    • Moncef
    Radhouane Meddeb
    • Mounir
    Carolyn Chelby
    • Leila
    Zahira Ben Ammar
    • La matrone
    Fethi Haddaoui
    Fethi Haddaoui
    • Khemais
    Issa Harrath
    Issa Harrath
    • Ali
    • (as Aissa Harrath)
    Taoufik Chabchoub
    • Colombo
    Slah Msadek
    • Le boucher et l'ogre
    Jamila Ourabi
    • Proprietaire du hammam
    Aziza Boulabiar
    • Zekhia
    Salem Ben Hassine
    • Le clochard
    • Director
      • Férid Boughedir
    • Writers
      • Férid Boughedir
      • Nouri Bouzid
      • Taoufik Jebali
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    Halfaouine

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    • Connections
      Featured in Zomergasten: Episode #8.4 (1995)
    • Soundtracks
      Le Moineau des terrasses
      Lyrics by Nouri Rouzid

      Written and Performed by Anouar Braham

    User reviews4

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    8/10
    Surprisingly similar to American sex comedies...
    "Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces" (1990, Ferid Boughedir)

    Apparently puberty's the same for everybody, everywhere.

    Transcending time and place, date and setting, the film is a coming-of-age tale far from the thematically similar Tunisian entry "The Silences of the Palace", which depicting in scorching detail the plight of the woman in this society and her expectory burden of rape and sexual favors, "Halfaouine" depicts male-female Tunisian relations as much like our own American, with a lot of strong and knowing females and the lascivious lunkhead sweethearts who love them. Into this world is twelve-year-old Noura, endeavoring on a quest to understand the world of women, how to be a man, relationships, and above all, to see boobs.

    Now, this is not the demented and disgusting brilliance of something like "Leolo", and it's not any outrageous or controversial endeavor on the level of "Maladolescenza" or "Murmur of the Heart", but its intent is to be breezy entertaining, not to get people talking about it in shocked whispers to their friends. The film has a solid grasp for both a good punchline (for instance, when a womanizer gives a young boy advice on how to get with women, the film cuts directly to the boy getting punished for harassing local girls) and a good visual joke (as when a street argument is cooled as the participants find a common bond: ogling a woman as she saunters away), functioning as little more than mindless entertainment.

    It fails to be overly notable outside of surprising me how comfortable Tunisia is with nudity, as the film is filled to the brim with it. Lead actor Selim Boughedir is not only sort of dumb-looking, but also only seems to have two facial expressions: A blank slate and a sheepish grin. The rest of the characters are ill-defined, and most of the women, with the except his town-temptress aunt, are more notable for their bodies than their lives, which, it could be argued, is somewhat appropriate, considering the movie's title character is a horny, inexperienced twelve-year-old.

    In the end, it's a harmless bit a fluff, a sex comedy with broad characters and a surplus of nudity, and more than anything else, I think it's nice to know that no matter where you're from, be it the suburbs of Michigan, the neighborhoods of Paris or the streets of Tunisia, every boy around the world just wants to get a little action.

    {Grade: 7.5/10 (B-) / #15 (of 24) of 1990}
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    • Jul 9, 2008

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    • Release date
      • 1990 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Tunisia
      • France
      • Italy
    • Official site
      • International Film Circuit
    • Language
      • Arabic
    • Also known as
      • Halfaouine: Child of the Terraces
    • Filming locations
      • Halfaouine, Tunis, Tunisia
    • Production companies
      • Cinétéléfilms
      • France Média
      • La Sept
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 38 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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