Blind Spot
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.
Release Date
January 28, 2022Runtime
14 minDirected by
Lotfi AchourScreenplay by
Lotfi Achour, Natacha de PontcharraLanguage
ArabicBudget
$0Revenue
$0Status
Released
Cast
Crew14 crew members