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Under the Fig Trees

Submissions for Best International Feature (Academy Awards 2023)

Under the Fig Trees

2021

Erige Sehiri

Fedi Ben Achour, Firas Amri, Ameni Fdhili, Feten Fdhili ...

6.5

167

Drama Among the trees, young women and men working the summer harvest develop new feelings, flirt, try to understand each other, find -and flee- deeper connections.

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Amber Wilkinson Screendaily	"Sehiri has already proved herself as a documentarian with the award-winning Railway Men, and she brings that same sense of naturalism to her debut fiction feature"	POS
United States	Lovia Gyarkye The Hollywood Reporter	"The languid, relaxed body language, the clipped cadences of shared stories, and the affection with which the women speak to each other even during moments of tension all bolster the film’s realism and its sense of soul."	POS
United States	Manuel Betancourt Variety	"Erige Sehiri's sun-dappled film offers a rare glimpse into [the group of teenage girls]'s seemingly mundane life and their even richer inner lives"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Largely improvised, Erige Sehiri's film packs argument, gossip, romance and social criticism into a busy day of fruit picking (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Carlos Aguilar rogerebert.com	"The consistency of the performances by the cast of first timers, all operating with unshowy nuance even in dialogue-heavy roles, is utterly astounding (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Edward Porter The Sunday Times	"As a low-key, warm-hearted movie it's beguiling (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
Ireland	Donald Clarke Irish Times	"A lovely, pastoral pleasure that admits its share of blood-drawing barbs (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
	Kaleem Aftab Cineuropa	"Sehiri manages to impart a sense of sisterhood, and the importance of it, especially in a patriarchal world where these girls must bring about change in order for them to progress"	POS

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