Hichem Rostom Filmography

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Azur & Asmar

Actors: Steven Kynman, Nigel Pilkington, Suzanna Nour, Nigel Lambert, Leopold Benedict, Hiam Abbass, Patrick Timsit

Synopsis: Two lifelong friends set off on a remarkable adventure in this animated feature. Azur (Rayan Mahjoub) is an orphaned boy living in 18th century France, where he's being raised by Jenane (Hiam Abbass), a nurse of Arab heritage who cares for the boy alongside her own son, Asmar (Abdelsselem Ben Read More

10/10/08
Whatever Lola Wants

Actors: Laura Ramsey, Achmed Akkabi, Assaad Bouab, Carmen Lebbos, Nadim Sawalha, Hichem Rostom

Synopsis: An American girl follows her heart and her dreams to the Middle East in this romantic comedy-drama. Lola (Laura Ramsey) was born and raised in Wisconsin but has moved to Manhattan in hopes of finding a more exciting career, though so far she's making ends meet working as a letter carrier. Lola's Read More

2007
The TV's Coming

Actors: Ammar Bouthelja, Fatma Ben Saidane, Hichem Rostom, Issa Harrath, Ali Abdelwahab

Synopsis: A man tries to give his hometown a new look before European television exposes it to the world in this comedy. Ftouni (Ammar Bouthelja) is the leader of a cultural group that serves as a city council in a small southern Tunisian village. While the town is a humble farming community where raising Read More

2006
The Magic Box

Actors: Marianne Basler, Abdel Kechiche, Hichem Rostom, Lotfi Bouchnak, Medhi Rebii

Synopsis: Over forty and in a bit of a midlife crisis, Tunisian film director Raouf (Abdelatif Kechiche) is prone to excessive drinking when not engaged in an argument with his French-born wife Lou (Marianne Basler). One respite to Raouf's dreary life is a recent film assignment -- to shoot an Read More

2002
Le Chant De La Noria

Actors: Houyem Rassaa, Ahmed Hafiene, Hichem Rostom, Ahmed Snoussi, Jamila Chihi

Synopsis: Thanks to new Tunisian legislation recently enacted, Zeineb (Houyem Rassaa) can now legally divorce her draconian husband -- though she still lives in fear, since he is more or less obsessed with tracking her down. As she flees her deranged husband and his equally obsessive family, Zeineb runs Read More

2002
Les Siestes Grénadine

Actors: Hichem Rostom

Synopsis: Born in Tunisia but raised in France and Senegal, Soufiya (Yasmine Bahri) feels torn between the cultures of Europe and Africa. Soufiya and her father Wahid have been on the run from her mother for ten years before deciding to return to the family home. Initially bristling at the backward ways of Read More

1999
Essaïda

Actors: Hichem Rostom, Chòli Bouzayen

Synopsis: Essaïda is the name of a popular suburb of Tunis that director Mohamed Zran has painted with a broad brush to reveal a cross-section of the lower echelons of Tunisian society at this time. Forgotten and impoverished, the neighborhoods in Essaïda with their youth drawn into lives of delinquency Read More

10/1/97
The English Patient

Actors: Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Kristin Scott Thomas, Naveen Andrews

Synopsis: Anthony Minghella wrote and directed this award-winning adaptation of Michael Ondaatje's novel about a doomed and tragic romance set against the backdrop of World War II. In a field hospital in Italy, Hana (Juliette Binoche), a nurse from Canada, is caring for a pilot who was horribly burned in a Read More

1996
Les Silences du Palais

Actors: Amel Hedhili, Hend Sabri, Najia Ouerghi, Kamel Fazaa

Synopsis: The pain of servitude, the power of music, and the need for women to stick together provide the underlying themes for this Tunisian-French drama set in the ruling king's compound the night before Tunisia declared its independence. The story reflects the reminiscence of Alia, a 25 year old woman Read More

1994
Le Nombril du Monde

Actors: Michel Boujenah, Delphine Forest, Thomas Langmann, Marie-José Nat, Souad Amidou

Synopsis: Bajou (Michel Boujenah) is an enterprising, talented man. He has risen from poor, humble beginnings, and thanks to a gift for mathematics, a willingness to work hard and occasionally cut corners, he is now a wealthy, successful man. He is a careful man in most respects, and does not generally Read More

1993
Sfayah Min Dhahab

Actors: Hichem Rostom

Synopsis: Yousef is a tormented man, haunted by demons from his past and his present, and though he espouses ideas of freedom and respect for women, he is bound up by his own cultural attitudes, which betray him again and again in his dealings with them. In the story, he has divorced his wife and now lives Read More

1989
Un Bambino di nome Gesù

Actors: Alessandro Gassman

Synopsis: Filmed on location in Tunisia, the four-hour Italian TV production A Child Called Jesus mixes Scripture with Speculation. The film attempts to fill in the "missing years" of $Jesus, from ages 3 through 12. When King Herod (Hatteb Semlali) fearing that the Messiah has indeed been born, orders that Read More

1987