Corps Étranger (Foreign Body) Film

Synopsis

After three highly-acclaimed feature films (Red Satin, Buried Secrets and Tunisian Spring), this is Raja Amari’s fourth film about women caught between conservative and modern Tunisian morals. Seeking refuge from her radical Islamist brother, Samia arrives in France illegally, following the so-called Jasmine Revolution. She discovers another world of hope and danger. She finds refuge with Imed, an acquaintance from her village, and then in a middle-class Parisian household, with Christine, the woman she starts to work for. With Christine and the new world surrounding her, a blend of desire and fear heightens the tension and trips her up on her path to freedom.