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    The Season of Men (La Saison des Hommes) The Season of Men (La Saison des Hommes)
   

         
     
     
  Director Moufida Tlatli
Stars Rabiaa Ben Abdallah, Sabah Bouzouita, Ghalia Ben Ali, Hend Sabri and Ezzedine Gennoun
Running time 124 minutes
Made France 2000

HAILED as a female King Lear this is the story of women who weave in their home town on a small Tunisian island whilst their men work away in the city. When one woman longs to join her husband he will only allow the move if she bears him a sun... complex and pretty looking stuff from the director of The Silences of the Palace, and another addition to this year's strong female line up.

 

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