Blind Spot
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Under the Ben Ali dictatorship in Tunisia, on October 7, 1991, a man was abducted, tortured in prison, and eventually killed for allegedly belonging to an Islamist movement. Unaware of her son’s death, Kamal Matmati’s mother would still go above and beyond for years, trying to reach him with letters and clean clothes. Thirty years later, a trial is held addressing Matmati’s death at the hands of the Ben Ali regime. The mother is asking for her son’s corpse so they can give him a proper burial. Matmati’s voice, who speaks to us posthumously, raises a discussion about the manipulated collective history that serves only the oppressors’ agenda.
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Lotfi Achour Director · Natacha de Pontcharra Screenplay Venceslas Catz Composer
United States release November 5, 2021 · Produced in France, Tunisia · Production APA : Artistes Producteurs Associés
Production
La Luna Productions
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APA : Artistes Producteurs Associés
Production
France · Tunisia
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Original title
Angle mort
Original language
Arabic
Spoken on screen
Arabic
Release dates
United States · November 5, 2021
Premiere
France · January 28, 2022
Theatrical · Festival international du court-métrage de Clermont-Ferrand
France
June 14, 2022 · Theatrical · Festival International du Film d’Animation d’Annecy
June 26, 2022 · TV · ARTE, Court-circuit
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