Naoufel Saheb-Ettaba’s film “El Ziara” (Black Moon) is a North African co-production which opened in cinemas in February. Made with the financial support of film institutions in Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria and with the assistance of the Fonds francophone de production audiovisuelle du Sud, it is a psychological drama about “the search for identity of a man struggling with his past. Youssef leads a solitary, well-organised life. But a chance encounter with a young girl in front of an intriguingly mysterious house awakens confused images of a past drama in his family…with only a few old photographs and fragments of memories, he begins a search, unaware of where it may lead.”
Sources: africulture.com, libe.ma
