The String (2009)

6.7 ? May 12, 2009 1h 33m

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Overview

Malik has a lot on his plate when he returns home to Tunisia after living in France. He's processing his father's death, he can't come out to his mother, and his childhood anxieties have resurfaced. But all of Malik's problems seem to fade away when he falls for Bilal, the dreamy houseboy at his mother's bourgeois estate.

Overview

Genres

Romance Drama

Release Date

May 12, 2009

Rating

6.7 /10

Runtime

1h 33m

Official Trailer from YouTube

Claudia Cardinale

Sara

Antonin Stahly-Vishwanadan

Malik

Salim Kéchiouche

Bilal

Driss Ramdi

Ramla Ayari

Ali Mrabet

Abir Bennani

Rihab Mejri

Lotfi Dziri

Mehdi Ben Attia

CinemaSerf

7.0/10

Aug 07, 2023

Quite a classy little film, this one. "Malik" (Antonin Viswanadhan) returns from Paris to his home in Tunisia after the death of his father and falls in love with his mother's handyman "Bilal" (Salim Kechiouche). He doesn't so much come out to, as get caught out by, his mother - a still stunning Claudia Cardinale - and the story focuses on the personal and cultural hurdles not just current, but in his past, as they all come to terms. It's a beautifully shot, evenly paced story from a part of the world not often associated with this genre of cinema. Well worth a watch.

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