Zahira Ben Ammar

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Zahira Ben Ammar

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Silence... Classes Resume
0h 9m
Movie 2022

Silence... Classes Resume

"Silence... On reprend les cours" is a Tunisian short film that explores the challenges of the education system. It highlights the tension between students' personal struggles and the pressures of a rigid schooling environment, reflecting on themes like conformity and the emotional impact of academic life.

Windmill
0h 45m
TV Show 2014

Windmill

A journalist who helps the police in their investigation against Hanen Lahmar, a clinic owner and a mafia boss specialized in organ trafficking.

باب العرش
Movie 2006

باب العرش

The Hotel
0h 30m
TV Show 2004

The Hotel

The events of the sitcom take place in an old hotel located in the middle of the ancient Medina and follow the daily life of the working staff and the family of the hotel owner.

The Silences of the Palace
2h 4m
Movie 1994

The Silences of the Palace

The death of a prince brings a young woman back to the palace where she was born into servitude. The lingering legacy is brought into light from behind frosted windows and velvet curtains.

Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces
1h 38m
Movie 1990

Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces

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.

Arab
1h 38m
Movie 1989

Arab

Directed by Fahdel Jaibi and Fadhel Jaziri.

Biography

A Tunisian writer, director and actress, born in Tunis. She contributed to the revival of the theater movement in Tunisia since its beginning in the eighties with the Triangle Theater Troupe, with which she began her career. She worked with major Tunisian directors and established a theater company in 2000 that wrote and directed many plays. She participated in several training courses in the theater. She formed a number of theatrical workshops based on the directives of the Ministry of Culture and Heritage Preservation in Tunisia. She won the Best Actress Award in the first edition of the Carthage Theater Days Festival, as well as the Prize for Literature and Arts awarded by the President of the Republic of Tunisia.

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