Blind Spot

Story

Synopsis

Under the Ben Ali dictatorship in Tunisia, on October 7, 1991, a man was abducted, tortured in prison, and eventually killed for allegedly belonging to an Islamist movement. Unaware of her son’s death, Kamal Matmati’s mother would still go above and beyond for years, trying to reach him with letters and clean clothes. Thirty years later, a trial is held addressing Matmati’s death at the hands of the Ben Ali regime. The mother is asking for her son’s corpse so they can give him a proper burial. Matmati’s voice, who speaks to us posthumously, raises a discussion about the manipulated collective history that serves only the oppressors’ agenda.

Director

Lotfi Achour

Writers

Natacha de Pontcharra, Lotfi Achour

Language

Arabic

Country

France, Tunisia

Release date

28 January 2022

Ensemble

Cast

• Ghassen Rguigui

  Narrateur