Mehdi Ben Attia

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Mehdi Ben Attia
Born(1968-08-07)7 August 1968
Tunis, Tunisia
Occupationfilm director, screenwriter and actor
NationalityTunisian
Notable worksmovies En face (1999), The String (Le Fil, 2009), and Of Skin and Men (L'Amour des hommes, 2017). [1]

Mehdi Ben Attia is a Tunisian film director, screenwriter and actor. [1] [2]

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Biography

Born at Tunis in 1968, Ben Attia studied at Lycée Gustave Flaubert in La Marsa, Tunisia, and in 1993 obtained a French Diplôme d'études approfondies advanced degree in sociology at Sorbonne University in Paris. He then turned to screenwriting, often in collaboration, and direction of films and television series for French channels, for instance H (for Canal Plus), Sami (three episodes, M6), and Groupe Flag (two episodes, France 2). His first feature film Le Fil ( The String , a homosexual love story) starred Claudia Cardinale and Salim Kechiouche. He also acted in four films. [2] [3] [4]

Filmography

Ben Attia's films include: [1] [2]

YearFilmGenreRoleStarsDuration (min)
1999En faceRomantic shortCodirector and coscreenwriter with Zina Modiano and Kahéna AttiaAmel Smaoui, Mohamed Ali Cherif, and Néjia Ouji27 m
2001Loin
by André Téchiné
Drama featureCoscreenwriter with André Téchiné and othersAzabal Lubna, Brakni Rachida, and Morel Gaël120 m
2005La Vie privée by Zina Modiano. Plot based on Henry James's 1892 short story The Private Life.Drama featureActor and coscreenwriter with Zina ModianoOuassini Embarek and Marie Modiano75 m
2009Sweet home (Bent eddar)
by Fatma Chérif
Portrait documentaryCoscreenwriter with Fatma ChérifThouraya50 m
2009Le Fil
( The String )
Homosexual romance featureDirector and coscreenwriter with Olivier Laneurie Claudia Cardinale, Salim Kechiouche and Antonin Stahly (Vishwanadan)93 m
2011Les impardonables ( Unforgivable ) by André Téchiné adapted from the 2009 novel by Philippe Djian Thriller featureCoscreenwriter with André Téchiné and Philippe Djian Carole Bouquet, André Dussollier and Mélanie Thierry 111 m
2012Je ne suis pas mort
(I'm not dead, fr) [5]
Drama featureDirector and screenwriter Mehdi Dehbi, Maria de Medeiros and Emmanuel Salinger99 m
2017L'Amour des hommes
( Of Skin and Men )
Drama featureDirector and coscreenwriter with Martin Drouot Raouf Ben Amor and Hafsia Herzi 105 m

Awards

Ben Attia's films obtained two prizes and three nominations, such as: [1]

FilmFestivalAward
En face (1999) Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur 2000 Winner Best Short Film of the South, shared with Zina Modiano
The String (2009) Frameline Film Festival
(former San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival)
2010 Winner Audience Award Best Feature

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Mehdi Ben Attia at IMDb
  2. 1 2 3 "Mehdi Ben Attia Réalisateur/trice, Acteur/trice, Scénariste". africine.org (in French). Fédération africaine de la critique cinématographique (FACC). 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  3. "Cinéma : le réalisateur Mehdi Ben Attia, une fantastique identité". jeuneafrique.com (in French). Jeune Afrique. 12 September 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2024. Mehdi Ben Attia, réalisateur d'origine tunisienne, bouscule les codes et glorifie les rencontres improbables dans des films très personnels. (Translation: Tunisian-born film director Mehdi Ben Attia turns the rules upside down and celebrates improbable encounters in his very personal films.)
  4. Article Groupe flag on French Wikipedia, "Domino" at IMDb OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg , episode S3.E2
  5. Mintzer, Jordan (February 8, 2013). "I'm Not Dead: Berlin Review. Mehdi Dehbi and Maria de Medeiros star in writer-director Mehdi Ben Attia's sophomore feature". hollywoodreporter.com. The Hollywood Reporter, Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved 15 February 2024.

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