The Fool of Kairouan
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| Starring | Flifla Chamia |
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| Countries | France, Tunisia |
| Language | Arabic |
The Fool of Kairouan (Arabic: مجنون القيروان; transliteration: Majnun al-Kairawen; French: Fou de Kairouan), produced in 1939, is the first Tunisian musical film, and the first film made in Arabic in Tunisia.[1] It is starred by the singer Mohamed Jamoussi.[2] It is considered one of the key films in the pre–World War II history of cinema in North Africa.[3]
References
- ↑ Gabous, Abdelkrim (1998). Silence, elles tournent: les femmes et le cinéma en Tunisie. Cérès. p. 19. ISBN 978-9973-19-387-2.
- ↑ Khlifi, Omar (1970). Histoire du cinéma en Tunisie. Société tunisienne de diffusion. p. 118. OCLC 486898369.
- ↑ O'Brien, Charles (1997). "The "Cinéma colonial" of 1930s France: Film Narration as Spatial Practice". In Bernstein, Matthew; Studlar, Gaylyn (eds.). Visions of the East: orientalism in film. I.B.Tauris. p. 231. ISBN 978-1-86064-304-0.