Hedi

Spoken: Arabic. Subtitles: Dutch. 

Young Tunisian Hedi lives an ordered life, in which, he believes, there can be no more surprises. His future will play out as other people have planned it. His mother, who always held a protecting hand over him and has contributed to the fact that he has never been able to develop a mind of his own, picked out his future wife for him. One day before the wedding, Hedi’s boss sends him on a business trip to Mahdia. There, something unexpected happens: at his hotel in Mahdia, Hedi meets a young woman named Rim and falls in love with her. Rim works as a tourist guide and has both feet firmly planted on the ground. She wants to make a go of it abroad. But will Hedi also have the courage to escape his inner and outer prisons? An ostensibly personal story against the background of a society in upheaval, an allegory about breaking away from traditions. And a film about the happiness and pain of freedom.