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Halfaouine = Boy of the terraces /

بو غدير، فريد. Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: K309 | Kino on VideoLanguage: Arabic Original language: Arabic Subtitle language: English, Spanish Publication details: New York, NY : Kino on Video, [2003]Description: 1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Other title: حلفويين Other title: عصفور السطح Other title:
  • Boy of the terraces
  • Child of the terraces
  • Original title: Asfour Stah
  • Ḥalfawịn [Other title]
  • ʻUṣfūr al-saṭḥ [Other title]
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 22
LOC classification:
  • PN1997 .H337
Production credits:
  • Director of photography, George Barsky ; editor, Moufida Tlatli ; original music, Anouar Brahm ; costume designer, Naama Jazi.
Awards:
  • Official Selection Cannes 1990.
Cast: 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.Summary: 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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room DVD 0846 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050097682

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.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

DVD, Region 1, widescreen presentation.

Arabic dialogue, English or Spanish subtitles.

Official Selection Cannes 1990.

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