RED PATH (2025)
Drama | Language: Arabic | Subtitles: English
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In UK Cinemas 20 June
SYNOPSIS
Mghila Mountain, Tunisia, November 2015. When a jihadist group attacks two very young shepherds, 14-year-old Ashraf is forced to take a macabre message back to his family. Traumatised and trying not to lose his mind, Ashraf finds himself confronted with the powerlessness of his elders, abandoned by the authorities. Inspired by true events, Red Path is a dream like plunge into the wounded psyche of a child and his incredible ability to overcome trauma.
CAST & CREW
Cast - Ali Helali, Yassine Samouni, Wided Dabebi, Jemii Lamari, Latifa Gafsi, Salha Nasraoui, Younes Naouar
Director - Lotfi Achour
Writers - Natacha de Pontcharra and Lotfi Achour
Cinematographer - Wojciech Staron
Producers - Anissa Daoud, Sébastien Hussenot, Lotfi Achour
Executive Producers - Andreas Roald, Dan Wechsler, Jamal Zeinal Zade
Co-producers - Jacques-Henri Bronckart, Gwennaëlle Libert, Joanna Szymanska, Edyta Janczak-Hiriart
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Born in Tunis, Lotfi Achour is an author, director, and producer. After his baccalauréat, he enrolled at the Faculty of Law and Economics in Tunis, where he studied economics. After a family tragedy, he realised that he wanted to become an actor and, at the age of 21, began his training at the Grenoble Conservatory and studied theater and cinema at the Sorbonne Institute of Theatrical Studies. Lofti Achour has produced over 25 theatrical works. His latest show was co-produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company for the London 2012 Olympic Games. In the cinema, he has directed 3 short films that have won dozens of awards, including La laine sur le dos, which was nominated in the short film category at the 69th Cannes Film Festival.