WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM

WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM

“If we can’t even dream any­mo­re, what do we have left?” (Alyssa to Mehdi)
The fearless Alyssa and the sen­si­ti­ve artist Mehdi feel trap­ped in ever­y­day life in the sub­urbs of Tunis. Like many young peo­p­le, they are loo­king for work and at the same time have fami­ly respon­si­bi­li­ties. When Alyssa hears about an art com­pe­ti­ti­on at the other end of Tunisia that offers the chan­ce of a resi­den­cy in Germany, she per­sua­des Mehdi to go on a wild ride across her home coun­try. Without roman­tic ent­an­gle­ments, but with gen­der roles blown up, Amel Guellaty’s film is a cou­ra­ge­ous odys­sey full of lon­gings, dreams and the search for a bet­ter life. Cinematographer Frida Marzouk cap­tures the atti­tu­de to life of a gene­ra­ti­on sear­ching for its place bet­ween hope and dis­il­lu­sionment in swee­ping city­scapes and land­scapes. (SAC)