The film documents 12 years in the life of Mehrez, a gifted dancer and actor from Mohamedia, Tunisia, who struggles with his addiction to gambling and betting on horse races.

Hailing from Mohammedia, Tunisia, the film documents twelve years in the life of Mehrez. A gifted dancer and actor, but also irresistibly addicted to gambling and horse races, he struggles on a daily basis with himself and the bewildering contradictions of his country. In his unstoppable quest for truthful emotions, Mehrez defies all rules.

A film by Hamza OUNI

Tunisia, 2020, Documentary, 1 hr 54 min (114 min), Color

Starring Mehrez Taher

NOTE BY THE PROGRAMMER
Mehrez is a conspicuous personality in Mohammedia, a small Tunisian town. At 25, he decides to enlighten and challenge his community of unemployed, frustrated youngsters through the means of theatre. He puts his heart and soul and everything else he's got into his teaching, and his troupe begins to blossom. But suddenly, Mehrez is thrown in jail, and all his plans begin to go awry. Directed by Hamza Ouni (El Gort, VdR 2014), The Disqualified documents twelve years in the life of Mehrez, a wild and uncontainable set of bewildering contradictions. A gifted dancer and actor, but also irresistibly addicted to gambling and horse races, he struggles on a daily basis with himself and the contradictions of his country. In his never satisfied quest for truthful emotions, Mehrez defies all rules and mixes together in a deeply emotional maelstrom his ambitions and frustrations. Like some of Abel Ferrara's most challenging films, Hamza Ouni presents a character that strives for salvation but dances with unrestrained passion on the brink of the abyss.
Giona A. Nazzaro (Vision du réel)

Original title (Arabic): El Medestansi
Canada (French title): Le disqualifié
France : Le disqualifié
Tunisia (French title) : Le Disqualifié
World-wide (English title) : The Disqualified
Genres: Documentary | Biography
Country: Tunisia | France | Qatar | United Arab Emirates
Language: Arabic
Filming Locations: Mohamedia, Ben Arous, Tunisia
Runtime : 1 hr 54 min (114 min)
Color : Color

Produced by
Ahmed Kéfi... executive producer
Stéphane Jourdain... producer
Erige Sehiri... producer

Director: Hamza Ouni
Writers: Hamza Ouni, Cécile Vargaftig

Film Editing by Elisabeth Juste, Ghalya Lacroix (as Ghalia Lacroix), Hafedh Laridhi
Sound mixer: Jean-Marc Schick
Grip: Haykal Bouhamed


2020 | Carthage Film Festival (Tunisia), Dec 2020
* Selection : avant-Premiere (Galas)
https://www.jcctunisie.org/eng/filmsDetailArticle.php?id_film=8

2020 | Visions du Réel Film Festival (Switzerland), April 2020
* Selection

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حمزة العوني - تونس

تم تصوير الفيلم بالمحمدية, جنوب العاصمة التونسية. و يتتبع 12 سنة من حياة محرز, و هو راقص و ممثل شاب, لم يغنه حب الفن عن التعلق بألعاب المراهنة على الخيول و المقامرة, مما جعله يعيش صراعا داخليا مع ذاته إضافة الى صراعاته مع المجتمع و تناقضاته, حيث يقوده توقه الى المعاني الحقيقية الى كسر جميع القيود


مدة الفيلم : 114 min
JCC دورة : 2020
البلد : تونس
المخرج : حمزة العوني


2020 | Carthage Film Festival (Tunisia), Dec 2020
* Selection : avant-Premiere (Galas)
https://www.jcctunisie.org/ar/filmsDetailArticle.php?id_film=8

2020 | Visions du Réel Film Festival (Suisse), Avril 2020
* Sélection