The Scarecrows
6.4
In late 2013, Zina and Djo, both in their twenties, come back to Tunisia from the Syrian front where they were sequestrated and raped. Zina was separated from her two-month-old child and Djo finds out she's pregnant and plunges into mutism and expresses her Syrian horror only in the novel she is writing. Tunisian lawyer, Nadia and Dora, a humanitarian doctor, assist them in their hard and lengthy reconstruction; impeded by the violence of their close circles, the harsh view on the social networks and their angst. Nadia, also Driss' lawyer, a 21-year-old persecuted homosexual who's been banned from all school establishments, asks him to help Zina in the hopes that their stirring meeting will allow them to open their black boxes, to assume themselves and stand up to the unjust society.
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Cast
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Nour Hajri
Zina
Also in
Black Medusa
Il fera jour
Afef Ben Mahmoud
Nadia
Also in
Streams
Making Of
Sondos Belhassen
Saida, Zina's Mother
Also in
The English Patient
Buried Secrets
Joumène Limam
Djo
No other roles listed
Mehdi Hajri
Driss
Also in
Black Medusa
The Last Days With Eliane
Fatima Ben Saïdane
Dorra
Known for
Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces
Noomen Hamda
Kamel, Zina's Father
Also in
Filth
Who Do I Belong To
Ghanem Zrelli
Salmene
Known for
Beauty and the Dogs
Nouri Bouzid Director · Riadh Fehri Composer Hatem Nechi Cinematographer
Budget $100M · First release March 11, 2019 · Produced in Luxembourg, Morocco, Tunisia
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Budget
$100,000,000
Production
Samsa Film
Production
Mésanges Films
Production
Lycia Productions
Production
Luxembourg · Morocco · Tunisia
Produced in
Languages
Original title
عرايس الخوف
Original language
Arabic
Spoken on screen
Arabic
Release dates
Tunisia · March 11, 2019
No release date listed for United States.
Italy
August 29, 2019 · Premiere · Venice International Film Festival
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