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The Silences of the Palace is a 1994 Tunisian film co-written and directed by Moufida Tlatli. The film investigates issues of gender, class and sexuality in the Arab world through the lives of two generations of women at a prince's palace. Seen through the eyes of an attractive young wedding singer, it exposes the sexual and social servitude of a group of women in an elaborate palace during the French Protectorate in Tunisia. Tlatli wrote the film in response to her own mother's sudden severe illness and her subsequent realization of how little she knew about her life.
Original Release
09/07/1994
US Release
09/30/1994
Cast
Name | Character |
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Hind Sabri | Young Alia / Alia / Young |
Ghalya Lacroix | Adult Alia / Alia / singer |
Nejia Ouerghi | Khalti Hadda |
Amel Hedhili | Khedija / Alia's mother |
Kamel Fazaa | Sid' Ali / prince |
Sabah Bouzouita | Schema / serrvant |
Sonia Meddeb | La Jneina / Jneina / Sid' Ali's wife |
Hélène Catzaras | Fella / serrvant |
Fatma Ben Saïdane | Mroubia |
Michket Krifa | Memia |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Hind Sabri | Young Alia / Alia / Young |
Ghalya Lacroix | Adult Alia / Alia / singer |
Nejia Ouerghi | Khalti Hadda |
Amel Hedhili | Khedija / Alia's mother |
Kamel Fazaa | Sid' Ali / prince |
Sabah Bouzouita | Schema / serrvant |
Sonia Meddeb | La Jneina / Jneina / Sid' Ali's wife |
Hélène Catzaras | Fella / serrvant |
Fatma Ben Saïdane | Mroubia |
Michket Krifa | Memia |
Hichem Rostom | Si Bechir / prince |
Kamel Touati | Houssine / male servant |
Zahira Ben Ammar | Habiba / serrvant |
Sami Bouajila | Lofti / Alia's lover |
Hatem Berrabeh | Salim / Sid' Ali's son |
Bechir Feni | Le Bey |
Khedija Ben Othman | Sarra / Sid' Ali's daughter |
Christian Chartain | L'ami d'Houssine / Houssine's friend |
Abdellatif Kheireddine | |
Naoufel Zaghbib |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Ahmed Baha Attia | Producer |
Richard Magnien | Producer |