In The Wasp and the Orchid, filmmaker Saber Zammouris looks at TV’s influence in rural Tunisia and tells the story of those who left their villages for France. Are they searching for the images they saw, and did they find what they were looking for?
Tunisia, France, 2023, 65 min., Arabic, French with Bulgarian and English subtitles
Director: Saber Zammouri
Scriptwriter: Saber Zammouri
DOP: Adonis Romdhane
Music: Mathieu Farnarier, Mathieu Perrot
Production: Chawki Knis, Thomas Schmitt
Director’s Biography:
After studying theater in Tunis and a first collective film made in 2014 – MEZZOUNA AFTER THE FALL, Saber Zammouri moved to Paris in 2017. He shot a documentary there and developed a fiction with his French partners. Between history, war, migration, conquests, etc., he draws the contours of the world from this small village perched in the mountains of southeastern Tunisia. His work transforms his village into a cosmos.