Burning Hope

Tunisia, France, United Arab Emirates   
Producer: Lotfi Achour, Anissa Daoud and Nadim Cheikhrouha
Production Company: APA - Artistes Producteurs Associés and Tanit Films
Language: Arabic l English & French Subtitles
Total Budget: 639,673 USD
Duration: 95 minutes
Cinematographer: Frédéric de Pontcharra
Screenwriter: Natacha de Pontcharra, Lotfi Achour and Anissa Daoud
Editor: Jean-marie Lengellé and Louis Chabot
Music: Various Artists
Sound Design: Moez Cheikh
Cast: Anissa Daoud, Doria Achour, Achref Ben Yousef, Issa Harrath, Latifa Gafssi and Ghazi Al Zaghabi

Project Synopsis:

Zeineb, Elyssa and Houssine, a trio unlikely to ever meet, see their fates cross paths on the night of January 14, the historic date when Ben Ali fled and the Tunisian revolution transformed the face of the nation. The individual lives of these three characters represent the frustrations, challenges, hopes and dreams of the entire country, with their tragic encounter proving to be one that will bind them together for life.

Lotfi Achour is an actor, director and a veteran of theatre who spends his time in both Paris and Tunis. He has written over 25 plays, which have been performed internationally in Carthage, Paris, Avignon, Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt. After studying documentary filmmaking at Ateliers Varan in Paris, he directed four short films, and is currently working on the post-production for “Burning Hope”, his first feature fiction film.