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‘The Man Who Sold His Skin’ an expertly crafted audacious drama Daily Times(PK)
Tunisian writer-director Kaouther Ben Hania’s ‘The Man Who Sold His Skin’ is easily the most intriguing of the films vying for the Best International Feature Film Oscar at the 93rd Academy Awards.
Her choice of story and treatment sets this contender apart from the 14 other titles on the shortlist. The film is also on the threshold of history.
Ben Hania is an African Arab Muslim woman filmmaker, as removed from the profile of directors who have won or been nominated in this category all these years. Films from Maghreb – as many as five from Algeria and one from Mauritania – as well as two each from Lebanon and Palestine and one from Jordan have in the past earned Oscar nods without ever going on to bag the statuette. Also, no Arab female filmmaker has ever been nominated for an Oscar.
The Man Who Sold His Skin Movie Review: A poster of the film (courtesy themanwhosoldhisskin themovie)
Cast: Yahya Mahayni, Dea Liane, Koen De Bouw, Monica Bellucci, Saad Lostan, Darina Al Joundi
Director: Kaouther Ben Hania
Tunisian writer-director Kaouther Ben Hania s
The Man Who Sold His Skin is easily the most intriguing of the films vying for the Best International Feature Film Oscar at the 93rd Academy Awards. Her choice of story and treatment sets this contender apart from the 14 other titles on the shortlist. The film is also on the threshold of history.
Ben Hania is an African Arab Muslim woman filmmaker, as removed from the profile of directors (mostly European) who have won or been nominated in this category all these years. Films from Maghreb - as many as five from Algeria (two of them helmed by non-Arab directors, Costa-Gavras of Z and Ettore Scola of Le Bal) and one from Mauritania (Abderrahmane Sissako s Timbuktu) - as well as two each from Lebanon and Palestine a
Wednesday, 27 January 2021, 4:03 pm
Arab normalization with Israel is expected to have
serious consequences that go well beyond the limited and
self-serving agendas of a few Arab countries. Thanks to the
Arab normalizers, the doors are now flung wide open for new
political actors to extend or cement ties with Israel at the
expense of Palestine, without fearing any consequences to
their actions.
African countries, especially those who
worked diligently to integrate Israel into the continent’s
mainstream body politic, are now seizing on the perfect
opportunity to bring all African countries on board,
including those who have historically and genuinely stood on