Film · Tunisia

Flower of Oblivion

Directed by Selma Baccar · Arabic · 2006 · 110 min

Following a painful childbirth, Zakia, a young woman from the Tunisian bourgeoisie becomes dependent on the Khochkhach plant (Poppy). After a few years of slow descent into the hell of dependence, she will meet in a Khémais asylum, with whom she will rediscover the taste of loving and living.