Film Days of the Mediterranean: LES ENFANTS ROUGES – RED PATH

38th Film Days of the Mediterranean 22.1. – 2.2.2025 Karlstorkino, Marlene-Dietrich-Platz 3, 69126 Heidelberg, admission €10, reduced €7.50, members of Medienforum €6, advance ticket sales online: www.filmtage-mittelmeer.de or at Karlstorkino (one hour before the first screening until the last film) or at Montpellier-Haus (during opening hours). Mount Mghila in Tunisia, November 2015: Jihadists attack two very young shepherds and force 14-year-old Ashraf to deliver a macabre message to his family. Traumatized and trying not to lose his mind, Ashraf is confronted with the powerlessness of his elders, who are abandoned by the authorities. Inspired by true events, LES ENFANTS ROUGES is a dreamlike immersion into the wounded psyche of a child and his incredible ability to overcome trauma.

Tunisia, France, Belgium, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Qatar 2024

Director: Lotfi Achour

Cast: Ali Hleli, Yassine Samouni, Wided Dabebi, Younes Naouar, Jemii Lamari

97 min. | Arabic. OmeU

Lotfi Achour, born in Tunis, is an author, director and producer. He first studied economics and then film at the Sorbonne. He has made four short films, which have won numerous awards. LES ENFANTS ROUGES is his second feature film.