Beauty and the Dogs

Beauty and the Dogs
Film poster
Directed byKaouther Ben Hania
Written byKaouther Ben Hania
Based on
Coupable d'avoir été violée
by
  • Meriem Ben Mohamed
  • Ava Djamshidi
Produced byMohamed Habib Attia
Nadim Cheikhrouha
CinematographyJohan Holmquist
Edited byNadia Ben Rachid
Music byAmine Bouhafa
Production
companies
Cinétéléfilms
Tanit Films
Laika Film & Television
Film i Väst
Schortcut Films
Integral Film
Chimney
Release dates
  • 19 May 2017 (2017-05-19) (Cannes)
  • 18 October 2017 (2017-10-18) (France)
Running time
95 minutes
CountriesTunisia
France
Sweden
Lebanon
Norway
LanguageArabic

Beauty and the Dogs (Arabic: على كف عفريت, romanizedʿAlā kaff ʿifrīt, lit.'In the Palm of a Devil') is a 2017 internationally co-produced drama film directed by Kaouther Ben Hania. It premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.[1][2] It was selected as the Tunisian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards,[3] but was not nominated.[4]

  1. ^ "The 2017 Official Selection". Cannes Film Festival. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  2. ^ Winfrey, Graham (13 April 2017). "2017 Cannes Film Festival Announces Lineup: Todd Haynes, Sofia Coppola, 'Twin Peaks' and More". IndieWire. Penske Business Media. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  3. ^ Neila, Driss (16 September 2018). "Oscars 2019 – Le film "La belle et la meute" de Kaouther Ben Hania représentera la Tunisie à la présélection". Tunis Webdo. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  4. ^ Kozlov, Vladimir (19 September 2018). "Oscars: Tunisia Selects 'Beauty and the Dogs' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 19 September 2018.