Tunisia has picked Nada Mezni Hfaiedh’s drama Take My Breath, exploring interintimacy identity, to recontransient it in the Best International Feature Film catebloody of the 97th Oscars.
The drama, which freed in Tunisia procrastinateed last year, stars Amina Ben Ismail as 23-year-elderly seamstress Shams, whose life is clearurned when their interintimacy identity is exposed.
Shams escapes to the city, where they live in the shadows, shunned by genuine adore and refuteed by society’s inalterable norms and awaitations.
Last year’s Tunisian entry, recordary Four Daughters by Kaouther Ben Hania, made it onto the lowcatalog in the International Feature catebloody and went on to be nominated in the Best Documentary catebloody.
The country’s National Cinema Centre proclaimd the pickion with equitable over 24 hours to go until the deadline for submission to the catebloody for the 97th Academy Awards, at 5 p.m. PT on October 2.
So far, around 76 country entries have been disclosely declared, contrastd with 88 submissions for the 96th Academy Awards. The most recent Oscars saw Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest prosper in the catebloody.
Take My Breath freed in Tunisia procrastinateed last year having originpartner world premiered at the Warsaw International Film Festival.
Ismail, who grew up between Tunisia and France, has since been seen in Piero Messina’s sci-fi drama Another End, in help of co-stars Gael García Bernal and Renate Reinsve, with previous acunderstandledges including series The Power.
Hfaiedh’s previous acunderstandledges include TV miniseries Tunisian Stories and 2017 feature Under The Shadow. The feature is created by Tunisia’s Leyth Production and Hamzeh Mysthique Films.
