# Arab Blues > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Arab_Blues > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Arab_Blues.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Blues > Source revision: 1341812575 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|2019 film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Arab Blues | image = Arab_blues_xlg.jpg | caption = French theatrical release poster | native_name = {{Infobox name module|fr|Un divan à Tunis}} | director = Manele Labidi Labbé | producer = {{Plainlist| * Serge Hayat * Jean-Christophe Reymond}} | screenplay = Manele Labidi Labbé | starring = {{plainlist| * [Golshifteh Farahani](/source/Golshifteh_Farahani) * [Majd Mastoura](/source/Majd_Mastoura) }} | music = Flemming Nordkrog | cinematography = [Laurent Brunet](/source/Laurent_Brunet) | editing = Yorgos Lamprinos | studio = {{plainlist| * Kazak Productions * [Arte France Cinéma](/source/Arte) }} | distributor = {{Plainlist| * Diaphana Distribution (France) * Hakka Distribution (Tunisia)}} | released = {{film date|2019|09|4|[Venice](/source/76th_Venice_International_Film_Festival)|2020|02|12|France|2020|02|26|Tunisia|df=yes}} | runtime = 88 minutes | country = France
Tunisia | language = Arabic
French | budget = {{Plainlist| * [€](/source/%E2%82%AC)1.990.000{{cite web |url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=20146 |title=''Un divan à Tunis'' (2020) |website=jpbox-office.com |access-date=5 March 2021 |language=fr}} * (≃$2.4 million) }} | gross = $3.7 million{{cite web |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/divan-a-Tunis-Un-(France)#tab=summary |title=''Un divan à Tunis'' (2020) |publisher=[The Numbers](/source/The_Numbers_(website)). Nash Information Services, LLC |access-date=5 March 2021}} }} '''''Arab Blues''''' ({{langx|fr|Un divan à Tunis|lit=A couch in [Tunis](/source/Tunis)}}) is a 2019 French-Tunisian [comedy film](/source/comedy_film) written and directed by Manele Labidi Labbé, in her feature debut.{{cite web |url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/mk2-launches-sales-on-manele-labidis-arab-blues-reveals-first-image-exclusive/5135885.article |title=mk2 launches sales on Manele Labidi's 'Arab Blues' starring Golshifteh Farahani, reveals first image (exclusive) |work=[ScreenDaily](/source/ScreenDaily) |first=Melanie |last=Goodfellow |date=17 January 2019 |access-date=16 August 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/arab-blues-venice-review/5142203.article |title='Arab Blues': Venice Review |work=ScreenDaily |date=4 September 2019 |first=Lisa |last=Nesselson |access-date=3 August 2020}} Starring [Golshifteh Farahani](/source/Golshifteh_Farahani) as Selma, it follows a [psychoanalyst](/source/psychoanalysis) moving back to her native [Tunisia](/source/Tunisia). The film had its world premiere in the [Giornate degli Autori](/source/Giornate_degli_Autori) section of the [76th Venice International Film Festival](/source/76th_Venice_International_Film_Festival) on 4 September 2019.{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/venice-days-transgender-lingua-franca-only-beasts-1203275177/ |title=Transgender Immigrant Pic 'Lingua Franca,' Thriller 'Only Beasts' to Bow at Venice Days |magazine=[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine)) |first=Nick |last=Vivarelli |date=23 July 2019 |access-date=23 July 2019}} It was theatrically released in France on 12 February 2020 by Diaphana Distribution, and in Tunisia on 26 February by Hakka Distribution. == Plot == The film is about a Tunisian [psychoanalyst](/source/psychoanalysis) Selma who, after having been educated in [Paris](/source/Paris), moves back to Tunisia to open a psychoanalytic practice. ==Cast== * [Golshifteh Farahani](/source/Golshifteh_Farahani) as Selma * [Hichem Yacoubi](/source/Hichem_Yacoubi) as Raouf * Moncef Anjegui as Mourad * [Majd Mastoura](/source/Majd_Mastoura) as Naim ==Release== The film had its world premiere at the [76th Venice International Film Festival](/source/76th_Venice_International_Film_Festival), during the [Venice Days](/source/Venice_Days), on 4 September 2019. Its North American debut was in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the [2019 Toronto International Film Festival](/source/2019_Toronto_International_Film_Festival) on 8 September 2019.{{cite web |title=Arab Blues {{!}} Un Divan à Tunis |url=https://tiff.net/events/arab-blues |access-date=5 March 2021 |publisher=[TIFF](/source/Toronto_International_Film_Festival)}}{{cite news |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=13 August 2019 |title=Toronto Adds ''The Aeronauts,'' ''Mosul,'' ''Seberg,'' & More To Festival Slate |url=https://deadline.com/2019/08/toronto-film-festival-the-aeronauts-mosul-seberg-kristen-stewart-ore-to-festival-slate-1202667020/ |access-date=16 August 2019 |work=[Deadline Hollywood](/source/Deadline_Hollywood)}}{{cite web |url=http://www.filmswelike.com/latest-news/2019/9/3/films-we-like-acquires-arab-blues-by-director-manele-labidi-north-american-debut-tiff-19 |title=FILMS WE LIKE acquires "ARAB BLUES" by director MANELE LABIDI |work=filmswelike.com |date=3 September 2019 |access-date=5 March 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://thefilmstage.com/tiff-review-golshifteh-farahani-listens-in-the-therapeutic-arab-blues/ |title=TIFF Review: Golshifteh Farahani Listens in the Therapeutic 'Arab Blues' |work=thefilmstage.com |last=Asch |first=Mark |date=8 September 2019 |access-date=5 March 2021}} ==Reception== ===Box office=== ''Arab Blues'' grossed $3.7 million worldwide, against a production budget of about $2.4 million. ===Critical response=== On French [review aggregator](/source/review_aggregator) [AlloCiné](/source/AlloCin%C3%A9), the film holds an average rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on 24 critics' reviews.{{cite web |url=https://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm-264067/critiques/presse/ |title=Critiques Presse pour le film Un divan à Tunis |publisher=[AlloCiné](/source/AlloCin%C3%A9) |access-date=5 March 2021 |language=fr}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{IMDb title}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Arab Blues}} Category:2019 films Category:2019 comedy films Category:2019 directorial debut films Category:French comedy films Category:2019 Arabic-language films Category:2019 French-language films Category:Films about psychoanalysis Category:Films set in Tunisia Category:Tunisian comedy films Category:2019 multilingual films Category:French multilingual films Category:Tunisian multilingual films Category:2019 French films Category:Arabic-language comedy films Category:French-language comedy films Category:Films by French women directors Category:Films by Tunisian women directors --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Arab Blues](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Blues) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Blues?action=history)). 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