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Wikipedia article




{{Infobox film

| name = Arab Blues

| image = Arab_blues_xlg.jpg

| caption = Film poster

| native_name =

| director = Manele Labidi Labb

| producer =

| screenplay = Manele Labidi Labb

| starring = Golshifteh Farahani

| music = Flemming Nordkrog

| cinematography = Laurent Brunet

| editing =

| distributor = Kazak Productions

| released =

| runtime = 88 minutes

| country = France
Tunisia

| language = Arabic
French

| budget =

| gross = $3.7 million

}}

'Arab Blues' is a 2019 French-Tunisian comedy film directed by Manele Labidi Labb in her feature debut. It was screened in the Venice Days section at the 2019 Venice Film Festival and then in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. The film is about a Tunisian psychoanalyst Selma who, after having been educated in Paris, moves back to Tunisia and opens a psychoanalytic practice there.

Cast



* Golshifteh Farahani as Selma

* Hichem Yacoubi as Raouf

* Moncef Anjegui as Mourad

* Majd Mastoura as Naim

Release



The film had its world premiere at the 76th Venice International Film Festival, during the Venice Days, on 4 September 2019. Its North American debut was in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival on 8 September 2019.

Reception



Box office

'Arab Blues' grossed $3.7 million worldwide, against a production budget of about $2.4 million.

Critical response

On French review aggregator AlloCin, the film holds an average rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on 24 critics' reviews.

References




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