Bezness
Direction and Screenplay, Nouri Bouzid. Tunisia/France, 1992. 100 minutes, color.
What happens when a poor Arab country with a high birth rate, an enormous youth population and endemic unemployment bases a significant part of its development strategy on attracting European tourism? In Nouri Bouzid’s film, Bezness, the Tunisian coastal town of Sosse is the site for just such an experiment, with disastrous consequences for the local population.
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