Machtat

A documentary film by Sonia Ben Slama

82 minutes / Documentary / 2023

In coproduction with Khamsin Films (Lebanon) / Lyon Capitale TV

International sales : Open Kitchen Film

with the support of the enterprise program from Ciclic-Région Centre-Val de Loire
avec le soutien au développement de la Procirep-Angoa et du Doha Film Institute et de Ciclic – Région Centre-Val-de-Loire
avec le soutien à la production de Ciclic-Région Centre-Val-de-Loire, du CNC-FSA et de la Procirep-Angoa
avec le soutien à la post-production de World Cinema Fund, de AFAC – Arab Fund for Arts and Culture et du Doha Film Institute
this film was received in Residence in Seine-Saint-Denis by Périphérie as part of its partnership with the Department
(Egg)Célérator laureate of the Chicke&Egg 2020 Fondation

Selected to the VdR-Pitching program - Visions du Réel Festival 2020
Ce film a été présenté dans le cadre de QUMRA 2020 et 2023
Sélectionné au Eastern Promises works in progress – Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

Mahdia, Tunisia. Fatma and her daughters, Najeh and Waffeh, work as "machtat", traditional wedding musicians. While the eldest, divorced, tries to remarry to escape the authority of her brothers, the youngest seeks a way to break out from her abusive husband.