Review of A Summer in La Goulette (1996) by Hesham S — 07 Nov 2013

Director's Ferid Boghedir's second "revolutionary" and "controversial" sexual adventure drama accomplishes nothing more than his first feature Halfouine. While the message in the movie is very powerful and clear (it's that no matter how different people might seem, there are always some similarities and interests that all people from the same age and community share and that helps in uniting the whole country no matter how many religions and ethnicities live and interact together), but the one dimensional dialogue and the Boughadir's execution of the idea fails to ultimately address the movie's real message and instead made it feel like the Tunisian version of American Pie, a tasteless sex comedy that happens to have some sort of a message behind it.

N.B.: If you're Egyptian, you'll be shocked to know that Gamil Rateb is a part of a major nude scene in the movie. Guess it's not just Tunisians that are ok with nudity after all!!