OHIO

Exploring the patriarchal apparatus of manhood in contemporary Tunisia, this film tells the story of a boy going through the trials of puberty and trying to reconcile the demands of his body to those of the social body. The director assembles a

n inventory of different steps of “becoming a man,” which include circumcision, the banishment from the women’s hammam, and sex. Key in this respect is the protagonist’s exposure to political dissidence as a component of manhood. This film was an Official Selection at Cannes Film Festival.