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Summary Among the trees, young women and men working the summer harvest develop new feelings, flirt, try to understand each other, find - and flee - deeper connections.
Directed By: Erige Sehiri
Written By: Erige Sehiri, Ghalya Lacroix, Peggy Hamann
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Under the Fig Trees
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Summary Among the trees, young women and men working the summer harvest develop new feelings, flirt, try to understand each other, find - and flee - deeper connections.
Directed By: Erige Sehiri
Written By: Erige Sehiri, Ghalya Lacroix, Peggy Hamann
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
78
80% Positive
4 Reviews
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20% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
78
80% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
20% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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The characters feel real, the performances are personal, and you really know each character by the closing credits. It’s not the most rewatchable film, but Under the Fig Trees will capture your curiosity and more than satisfy a need for an excellent character-focused drama.
Though Sehiri’s third feature offers a seemingly minor concept, it’s certainly bountiful in its power to unearth the unspoken codes that reign over this community, where some men demand reverence from women solely for their gender-based status in the social hierarchy, where the notion of absolute loyalty to one’s extended family guides every decision, and where romantic companionship remains mostly transactional.
Under the Fig Trees is a big-minded film that grounds its ideas about labor, sexism, faith, and modernity in the zippy rhythms of its characters’ negotiations around friendship, romance, and work. Most of the film’s runtime is people talking, but with evocative dialogue and lived-in performances from mostly first-time actors, it’s an unapologetic slice of life.
It’s not the kind of film that nails the audience to its seats; rather, it’s a quiet, observational piece of storytelling that pieces together the budding relationships between the labourers.
A lovely, pastoral pleasure that admits its share of blood-drawing barbs.
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Production Company
Henia Production,
Maneki Films,
Akka Films,
In Good Company,
CNC Aide aux cinémas du monde - Institut Français,
Doha Film Institute,
Fonds Images de la Francophonie,
The Berlinale World Cinema Fund,
Final Cut in Venice Workshop,
Ateliers de l'Atlas à la Post-Production,
Rai Cinema
Release Date Jan 26, 2024
Duration 1 h 32 m
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Awards
Pingyao International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Namur International Festival of French-Speaking Film
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Taipei Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination