Under the Fig Trees

Under the Fig Trees

92 mins | Drama | Dec. 7, 2022

A group of teenagers spend their summer working in the fig harvest in rural northwest Tunisia. Melek and her friends work in the orchards during the summer to pay for their studies, prepare for their weddings or help their families. Between the fig trees, under the gaze of older workers and young men, they reveal and project themselves, on the threshold of an adult life. The fig orchard becomes a real theater of emotions, where their relationships with work, love, friendship and the land are played out.

Under the Fig Trees

92 mins | Drama | Dec. 7, 2022

Under the Fig Trees
A group of teenagers spend their summer working in the fig harvest in rural northwest Tunisia. Melek and her friends work in the orchards during the summer to pay for their studies, prepare for their weddings or help their families. Between the fig trees, under the gaze of older workers and young men, they reveal and project themselves, on the threshold of an adult life. The fig orchard becomes a real theater of emotions, where their relationships with work, love, friendship and the land are played out.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Doha Film Institute, Akka Films, Maneki Films, In Good Company, Henia Production, Rai Cinema
Original title تحت الشجرة
Directors Erige Sehiri
Writers Peggy Hamann, Erige Sehiri, Ghalya Lacroix

Cast

Ameni Fdhili

as Sana

Fide Fdhili

as Fidé

Feten Fdhili

as Melek

Samar Sifi

as Mariem

Leila Ohebi

as Leila

Gaith Mendassi

as Gaith

Abdelhak Mrabti

as Abdou

Fedi ben Achour

as Saber

Firas Amri

as Firas