Hedi

An adept and absorbing Tunisian drama about a shut-down young man ignited by a free-spirited woman. Variety

25-year-old Hedi struggles between passion and duty in this Silver Bear award-winning film from Berlin. Hedi sells cars, but the sale is going slow because of the country’s unstable economy and Hedi’s lack of interest at work. Hedi feels depressed, even though he is getting married with the beautiful Khadija in a few weeks. Maybe it is due to his mother who planned their lives in every little detail, with a love nest for them to live in her own house, or that Hedi never really has spoken to Khadija nor kissed her. But then, a few days before the wedding, Hedi meets the spirited Rim at a hotel where she works as a dancer and activity planner for tourists, and suddenly something inside Hedi awakens that he has never felt before. Does he dare to choose Rim over Khadija and the family?