Sweet And Bitter

Sweet And Bitter — Plot

Barely relieved from a serious depression and against the advice of his psychiatrist, Slah, theater director, mentally weakened by his career, announces to his wife Amel, a rich woman who finances his projects, his decision to mount the famous play Essoud (The Dam) of Mahmoud Messadi renowned for its complexity. But the same evening, driving his car, Slah overthrows a young woman named Aisha. At first distraught, he then experiences a strange fascination for this beautiful young girl contrarian who becomes his friend and his muse. Amel, her husband's moral, emotional and financial support, convinced the director of the theater to program Le Barrage. Although suffering in silence of the presence of Aisha, Amel decides for love for her husband to invite the young woman near them, in the field of her parents, in an oasis of the south of Tunisia. A strange three-way household is formed when doubts and suspicions, desires and temptations, love and complexities are revealed.

• Release date
• October 23, 2000
• Runtime
• 91 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Naceur Ktari

Sweet And Bitter — Cast

N

Noureddine El Ati Slah

I

Ines Baili

S

Sonia El Ati Aïcha Lamine Nahdi Brahim

Z

Zoubeir Bornaz Taieb

J

Jelloul Jelassi

B

Belkis Cheriaa

F

Frida Kebaili Amel