Beauty and the Dogs is a 2018 drama about a young Tunisian woman who leaves with a mysterious man at a party, beginning a long which she’ll have to fight for her rights.
When Mariam, a young Tunisian woman, is raped by police officers after leaving a party, she is propelled into a harrowing night in which she must fight for her rights even though justice lies on the side of her tormentors. Employing impressive cinematic techniques and anchored by a tour-de-force performance from newcomer Mariam Al Ferjani, Kaouther Ben Hania‘s Beauty and the Dogs tells an urgent, unapologetic, and important story head-on. A rare, startling film from a female Tunisian director, it’s a striking critique on a repressive society and a forcefully feminist rallying cry.
BEAUTY AND THE DOGS Opens Theatrically via Oscilloscope Laboratories on March 23rd (in NYC at Landmark 57 West; in LA at the Nuart)