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Leyla Bouzid

Leyla Bouzid

Writing

Biography

Leyla Bouzid was born and raised in Tunis, where she was an active member of the local cinema club. She studied French literature at the Sorbonne and film directing at La Fémis. À peine j'ouvre les yeux (As I Open My Eyes, 2015) is her first feature, selected at Venice Days, the Toronto IFF, Dubai IFF, Rotterdam IFF among others.

Known For

In a Whisper
7.2

Back in Tunisia for her uncle's funeral, Lilia reunites with a family that knows nothing about her life in Paris, particularly her romantic life. Determined to uncover the mystery behind her uncle's sudden death, Lilia finds herself confronted with family secrets.

In a Whisper

2026
A Tale of Love and Desire
6.2

Ahmed, 18, is French of Algerian origin. He grew up in the Parisian suburbs. On the benches of the university, he meets Farah, a young Tunisian full of energy recently arrived from Tunis. While discovering a body of sensual and erotic Arabic literature that he never knew existed, Ahmed falls deeply in love with this girl, and although literally overwhelmed by desire, he will try to resist it.

A Tale of Love and Desire

2021
As I Open My Eyes
6.5

Tunis, summer 2010, a few months before the Revolution: Farah, 18 years old, has just graduated and her family already sees her as a future doctor. But she doesn't have the same idea. She sings in a political rock band, has a passion for life, gets drunk, discovers love and her city by night against the wishes of her mother Hayet, who knows Tunisia and its dangers all too well.

As I Open My Eyes

2015
Northern Wind
6.7

North of France. Hervé's factory is relocated. He is the only worker to resign himself to it because he pursues another destiny: to become a fisherman and to transmit this passion to his son. Suburbs of Tunis. The factory is relocated. Foued, unemployed, thinks there is a way to cure his mother, and especially to seduce the girl he loves. The trajectories of Hervé and Foued are similar and answer to each other.

Northern Wind

2018
The Bridge
N/A

Foued, a young director, helps his friend Tita by filming his hip-hop video. During a shooting scene with Safa, they find a packet of cocaine. They decide to sell it in small quantities at a trendy nightclub in Tunis. Every night, they cross the bridge. But things take an unexpected turn.

The Bridge

2024
Hidden Beauties
7.0

Two young Tunisian women strive to achieve the same level of emancipation enjoyed by their male counterparts—even as their country fights for freedom.

Hidden Beauties

2013
Shudders
N/A

In these huge houses of the petty Tunisian bourgeoisie, when a tragedy occurs, everything is done to hide it.

Shudders

2012
Zakaria
N/A

Zak is living in a village in Southern France. He has a quiet life, with his wife and his two kids. When he learns about his father's death in Algeria, he decides to go there with his family. Sarah, his daughter, refuses to come with him.

Zakaria

2013