For a few weeks, voices have been raised to have the film’s screening The insult From Ziad Doueiri which is in Official competition for Carthage’s cinematographic days. The director is criticized for having shot certain scenes from his penultimate film The attack (2013) in Israel.
To the open letter addressed to the management of the JCC requesting the deletion of this programming film, Kamel Elbasha, the Palestinian actor who plays the role of Yasser in the film, had written two comments, one on a site that had published this letter and the other on Facebook.
The insult won the prize for the best male interpretation for Kamel Albasha at the 74th edition of the Venice Mostra and also won the Silver Star at the 1st Edition of the El Gouna Film Festival In Egypt where I had the chance to see it.
The film was not deprogrammed. He is currently going to the Colosseum. In 2015, voices had also raised to have the projection of Moroccan film prohibits Much Loved From Nabil Ayouch, and the Directorate of the JCC at the time had maintained its programming. Same this time and it’s so much the better, it is up to spectators to make their own choices.
In front of the two entries of the Colosseum gallery, at the moment, a beautiful spectacle: on the one hand a demonstration of those who claim the ban on the film or at least his boycott and on the other, the people who enter to see it. In the middle, some curious people trying to understand what’s going on.
This is also democracy: everyone makes their own choices and assumes them.
Until now the demonstration is peaceful and I hope it will remain so.
Update:
The projection took place in excellent conditions. The public loved The insult. Ziad Doueiri said that this evening he won a very Grand Prix: public reception. He added that the film has already been screened 40 times, and that this evening was the most beautiful.
Kamel Elbasha himself expressed his astonishment: “The spectators laughed, applauded … it was curious, it would have been said that they interacted with a play and living actors and not with a film! »»
Bravo for Tunisians. We can say that this evening democracy has won. Everyone was able to express themselves freely.
Neila Driss
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