Tunisia10 Essential Films from TunisiaStop 8 of 10

A Simple Story

Name: A Simple Story
Released: 1970

Une si simple histoire

1970

A documentary filmmaker sets out to profile Tunisians who worked abroad and the French wives some brought home, and finds himself drawn into their struggles to adjust. An early reflexive Tunisian drama.

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Part of 10 Essential Films from Tunisia

This film is stop 8 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Tunisia. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

Watching this film stamps Tunisia in the 196 country film challenge.