El-Kutbeyah

IMDb ID: tt0378219 · Rating: 6.7 (112 votes)

Genres: Drama · Romance

After a few years spent in France and in the West Indies, Jamil comes home as a broken man. He arrives in a bookshop in the center of colonial Tunis for a temporary job as a clerk. He is attracted to Aicha, 15 years older woman an...

IMDb Details

Content TypeMovieAlternate TitlesCanada: La Librairie (French)
France: La Librairie
Tunisia: La Librairie (French)
United Kingdom: The Bookstore
United States: The Bookstore
World-wide: The Bookstore (English)
Norway: Bokhandleren
Greece: To vivliopoleio (Festival Title)
La LibrairieRuntime102 minutesIMDb Popularity0User Reviews1Critic Reviews2Countries / RegionsTunisia
France
MoroccoLanguagesArabicProduction CompaniesStratus FilmsIMDb URLhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0378219/Local Poster/d/file/imdb/03/tt0378219.jpgUpdated At2025-09-21T23:26:27

Directors

Nawfel Saheb-Ettaba

Writers

Nawfel Saheb-Ettaba
Tarek ben Châabane

Full Cast & Crew

[Cast Group]
Actor: Ghazi Ayachi | Character: Actor
Actor: Yadh Beji | Character: Tareq
Actor: Hatem Belakhal | Character: Greengrocer
Actor: Raoof Ben-Umar | Character: Customer marrying his son
Actor: Muhammad El-Jlasi | Character: Actor
Actor: El-Arabi El-Khmiri | Character: Drunkard
Actor: Martine Gafsi | Character: Ayshah
Actor: Ahmed Hafiene | Character: Jamil
Actor: Slah Msaddaq | Character: Butcher Ali
Actor: Amira Rezgui | Character: Huda
Actor: Hind Sabri | Character: Actress
Actor: Mustafa Udwani | Character: Greengrocer

[Directors Group]
Name: Nawfel Saheb-Ettaba | Role: Director

[Writers Group]
Name: Nawfel Saheb-Ettaba | Role: Writer
Name: Tarek ben Châabane | Role: Writer

[Producers Group]
Name: Yvon Crenn | Role: Producer
Name: Ibrahim Letaïef | Role: Producer

[Music Group]
Name: Julien Ome | Role: Composer
Name: Kaies Sellami | Role: Composer

[Cinematography Group]
Name: Gilles Porte | Role: Cinematographer

[Editing Group]
Name: Nadia Ben Rachid | Role: Editor
Name: Mounira Bhar | Role: Editor

[Assistant Directors]
Name: Amine Chiboub | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Salem Daldoul | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Fares Nana | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director

[Sound Department]
Name: Stephane Rabeau | Role: Sound Department

[Additional Crew]
Name: Mourad Negri | Role: Additional Crew

Trailers

IMDb Video Gallery: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0378219/videogallery/

Release Schedule

Tunisia: 2002
United States: May 8, 2003 (Tribeca Film Festival)
Greece: September 18, 2003 (Athens Film Festival)
Norway: November 21, 2003
United States: February 14, 2004 (Portland International Film Festival)
United States: March 27, 2004 (Cleveland International Film Festival)
Denmark: April 1, 2004 (NatFilm Festival)
France: April 2, 2004 (Paris Film Festival)
France: January 11, 2007 (Lyon Fenêtre sur le Cinéma du Sud)

Awards

Box Office

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