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Money order (The)

  • Mandat (Le) [dir. Ben Youssef]
Genre : Drama
Type : Fiction
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2020
Format : Short
Running time : 14 (in minutes)

A young bride living in the working-class district of Mallasine Hammam Lif receives a call from her husband, an illegal immigrant in Italy, informing her that he is going to send her a money order by post. The young woman begins to live her life as a newly rich woman while her neighbours change their behaviour towards her and start treating her like a queen. Good fortune begins to show its face to the young bride, but will things stay the same or will her happiness be turned upside down?

Film by Heifel Ben Youssef selected for the JCC 2020 in oppening

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