Red Path () is a drama film, directed by Lotfi Achour and released in 2024.Rafa Sales Ross, "‘Red Path’ Director Lotfi Achour on Fictionalizing Gruesome Jihadist Attack and ‘Wonderful Period’ of Tunisian Cinema". Variety, 11 November 2024. Based on a true story, the film stars Ali Helali as Ashraf, a young boy who is exploring Tunisia's Mghila Mountain with his older cousin Nizar (Yassine Samouni) when the boys are set upon by jihadist terrorists, who kill Nizar and force Ashraf to walk back home alone with Nizar's severed head as a warning to their community.Amber Wilkinson, "‘Red Path’: Thessaloniki Review". Screen Daily, 7 November 2024.
The cast also includes Eya Bouteraa, Wided Dabebi, Latifa Gafsi, Noureddine Hamami, Rayen Karoui, Mounir Khazri, Jemii Lamari, Younes Naouar and Salha Nasraoui in supporting roles.
The film is a co-production of companies from Tunisia, France, Belgium, Poland, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.Martin Kudláč, "Review: Red Path". Cineuropa, 13 August 2024.
Cast
Ali Helali Yassine Samouni Eya Bouteraa Wided Dabebi Latifa Gafsi Noureddine Hamami Rayen Karoui Mounir Khazri Jemii Lamari Younes Naouar Salha Nasraoui
Release The film premiered in the Filmmakers of the Present (Cineasti del Presente) program at the 77th Locarno Film Festival.Abby Laing, "Locarno 2024 review: Red Path (Lotfi Achour)". International Cinephile Society, 9 August 2024. It was subsequently screened at the 2024 Vancouver International Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award for the Vanguard program.Blair Ingenthron, "VIFF Announces Audience Award Winners". Broadway World, 12 October 2024.
In November, it competed for the Golden Peacock Award at the 55th International Film Festival of India in International competition section and was screened on 22 November. It won the 2024 Golden Tanit and Audience Award at the Carthage Film Festival.
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