Railway Men
A Feature film of
Produced by
Production year2018
French release13/10/2021
Runtime
1h 13m
Synopsis
Line no 1 is dubbed THE NORMAL WAY by the Tunisian rail workers because it is the only one built respecting the international standards. Ironically, it is also the most neglected and rundown. Accidents happens all the time putting both passengers’ and workers’ lives at stake. Driving the old locomotives, Ahmed, Afef, Issam, Abee and Najib are the protagonists and the witnesses of a difficult transformation process that from the Tunisian railways invests the whole of Tunisian post-revolutionary society. Each one of them tries hard to find a new place in a society that struggles to create a democratic way of existing. Tackling incompetence and corruption, the film celebrates dignity, hope and resilience.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : Les Films de Zayna
- Foreign production companies : Akka Films, Nomadis Images
- Film exports/foreign sales : Akka Films
- French distribution : Mission
Full credits (8)
- Executive Producer : Palmyre Badinier
- Screenwriter : Erige Sehiri
- Directors of Photography : Aissa Amine, Erige Sehiri, Ikbal Arafa, Hassene Amri, Ahmed Mourad Khanfir
- Music Composer : Omar Aloulou
- Editor : Katja Dringenberg
- Sound recordists : Morten Green, Josefine Skov
- Foreign producers : Dora Bouchoucha, Erige Sehiri
- Sound Editor : Martin Stricker
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Documentary
- Sub-genre : Documentary
- Production language : Arabic
- Coproducer countries : France, Tunisia, Switzerland
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Production year : 2018
- French release : 13/10/2021
- Runtime : 1 h 13 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 142.922
- Approval : No
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
