| The Silences of the Palace | |
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| Directed by | Moufida Tlatli |
| Written by | Moufida Tlatli |
| Produced by | Canal Horizon Cinétéléfilms Mat Films |
| Starring | Amel Hedhili Hend Sabri Najia Ouerghi Sami Bouajila Kamel Fazaa Fatima Ben Saïdane Kamel Touati |
| Edited by | Moufida Tlatli |
| Music by | Anouar Brahem |
| Distributed by | Amorces Diffusion Capitol Entertainment |
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Running time | 128 minutes |
| Country | Tunisia |
| Languages | Arabic French |
The Silences of the Palace (Arabic: صمت القصور, romanized: ṣamt al-quṣūr) is a 1994 Tunisian film co-written and directed by Moufida Tlatli. The film investigates issues of gender, class and sexuality in the Arab world through the lives of two generations of women at a prince's palace. Seen through the eyes of an attractive young wedding singer, it exposes the sexual and social servitude of a group of women in an elaborate palace during the French Protectorate in Tunisia.[1] Tlatli wrote the film in response to her own mother's sudden severe illness and her subsequent realization of how little she knew about her life. [2]
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