A Tale of Love and Desire (French: Une histoire d'amour et de désir) is a 2021 Tunisian drama film directed by Leyla Bouzid and co-produced by Sandra da Fonseca and Olivier Père.^[1] The film stars Sami Outalbali and Zbeida Belhajamor [fr] in the lead roles whereas Diong-Kéba Tacu, Aurélia Petit, Mahia Zrouki and Bellamine Abdelmalek made supportive roles.^{[2][failed verification]} The film revolves around an erotic Arabian love affair between Ahmed, a 18-year old, French of Algerian origin, and Farah, a young Tunisian girl.^[3][4][5]

The film made its premiere on 1 September 2021. The film received positive reviews from critics.^[6] The film was selected in the official competition for Best feature film and for the Golden Stallion of Yennenga for Best film.^[7]

• Sami Outalbali as Ahmed Ouannas
• Zbeida Belhajamor as Farah Kallel
• Diong-Kéba Tacu as Saidou
• Aurélia Petit as Professeur Anne Morel
• Mahia Zrouki as Dalila
• Bellamine Abdelmalek as Karim
• Mathilde Lamusse as Léa
• Samir El Hakim as Hakim
• Khemissa Zarouel as Faouzia
• Sofia Lesaffre as Malika
• Baptiste Carrion-Weiss as Damien
• Charles Poitevin as Garçon rue Mouffetard
• Omar Khasb as Garçon bagarre cité
• Zaineb Bouzid as Chiraz

In France, the film averages 4/5 on the AlloCiné from 25 press reviews.^[8] On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, which categorizes reviews as positive or negative only, the film has an approval rating of 100% calculated based on 6 critics comments. By comparison, with the same opinions being calculated using a weighted arithmetic mean, the rating is 6.0/10.^[9]

• A Tale of Love and Desire at IMDb

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