The String
6.6
Malik has a lot on his plate when he returns home to Tunisia after living in France. He's processing his father's death, he can't come out to his mother, and his childhood anxieties have resurfaced. But all of Malik's problems seem to fade away when he falls for Bilal, the dreamy houseboy at his mother's bourgeois estate.
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Cast
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Claudia Cardinale
Sara
Known for
Once Upon a Time in the West
8½
Antonin Stahly-Vishwanadan
Malik
Known for
Scarlet
Salim Kéchiouche
Bilal
Known for
Blue Is the Warmest Color
Ganglands
Driss Ramdi
Known for
Mutants
Escape from Raqqa
Ramla Ayari
Known for
Arab Blues
Ali Mrabet
Abir Bennani
Also in
It's All About
Rihab Mejri
Also in
The Meeting
Lotfi Dziri
Known for
Black Gold
Mehdi Ben Attia
Also in
Private Life
Mehdi Ben Attia Director
First release May 12, 2009 · Produced in France, Belgium, Tunisia · Languages Arabic, French
Production
Need Productions
Production
Propaganda Pictures
Production
Mille et une productions
Production
France · Belgium · Tunisia
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Le fil
Original language
Arabic
Spoken on screen
Arabic · French
Release dates
France · May 12, 2009
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
April 23, 2026 · TV · France•3 Corse via Stella
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