Halfaouine = Boy of the terraces / Boy of the terraces. Child of the terraces. Original title: Asfour Stah. Ḥalfawịn. ʻUṣfūr al-saṭḥ - New York, NY : Kino on Video, [2003] - 1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1990. Special features: "Camera arabe (1987), a feature-length documentary on the history of Arab cinema, directed by Ferid Boughedir (w/English subtitles); stills gallery.

Cast includes: Mohamed Driss, Mustafa Aduerni.

Director of photography, George Barsky ; editor, Moufida Tlatli ; original music, Anouar Brahm ; costume designer, Naama Jazi. Director of photography, George Barsky ; editor, Moufida Tlatli ; original music, Anouar Brahm ; costume designer, Naama Jazi.

Mohamed Driss, Mustafa Adveni, Rabia Ben Abdallah, Fatma Ben Saidane, Hélène Catazaras, Fathi Al Hadawi, Abdel Hamid Kayass, Zehira Ben Anmar, Ayssa Harrath, Salim Boughedir.

Noura is an inquisitive 13-year-old whose eyes are opened to his own sexual desires when he visits the local Turkish bathhouse with his mother. Gazing upon the spectacular array of unclothed women and girls, Noura begins to experience his first pangs of longing. But just as Noura is awakening to the pleasures of the fair sex, he risks being wrestled from their tender, affactionate companionship and being thrust into the callow and rigid company of men.

MPAA rating: Not rated.


DVD, Region 1, widescreen presentation.


Arabic dialogue, English or Spanish subtitles.

Official Selection Cannes 1990.

738329030926

K309 Kino on Video

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Boys--Sexual behavior--Drama.
Baths, Turkish--Drama.
Baths, Turkish.
Boys--Sexual behavior.


Foreign films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Arabic language films.

PN1997 / .H337

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