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Dachra

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Dachra
Poster
Directed byAbdelhamid Bouchnak
Screenplay byAbdelhamid Bouchnak
Produced byAbdelhamid Bouchnak
Omar Ben Ali
Starring
  • Yasmine Dimassi
  • Aziz Jbali
  • Bilel Slatnia
  • Hela Ayed
  • Hedi Majri
  • Bahri Rahali
CinematographyHatem Nechi
Edited byAbdelhamid Bouchnak
Music byRached Hmaoui
Samy Ben Said
Release date
  • 2018 (2018)
Running time
113 minutes
CountryTunisia
LanguageArabic
Box office$69,010

Dachra is a 2018 Tunisian horror film, written and directed by Abdelhamid Bouchnak as his first feature film.

Plot

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Three journalism students, Yasmine, Walid and Bilel, set off to investigate a cold case for a school film project. After visiting a mental hospital to interview Mongia, the mutilated survivor of an attack 20 years before, the trail leads them out to an isolated village. Before they fully understand what is happening, they find themselves beset by cannibal witches.[1]

Cast

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  • Yasmine Dimassi as Yasmine
  • Aziz Jbali as Walid
  • Bilel Slatnia as Bilel
  • Hela Ayed as Mongia

Reception

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Dachra was the closing film for International Critics' Week at the 75th Venice International Film Festival.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ Deborah Young (9 September 2018). "Dachra: Film Review, Venice 2018". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  2. ^ ""Dachra" de Abdelhamid Bouchnak sélectionné à la semaine de la critique de la Mostra de Venise". webdo.tn (in French). 23 July 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  3. ^ "35. settimana internazionale della critica 02.09 — 12.09.2020" (PDF). sicvenezia.it (in Italian). Retrieved 5 August 2021.
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