“Who do I belong to”, interview with the director Meryam Joobeur

Meryam Joobeur comes to the 74th Berlin International Film Festival presenting  her film “Who do I belong to” in the Official Competition. The film a gorgeously shot tale about a mother who is forced to face the truth on her son, in a secluded village in the north of Tunisia.

All started with a short film

The germ for “Who do I belong to” was planted in a short film Meryam Joobeur did in 2018, shot in the same area, with some of the same non-professional actors. For the feature film, her point of view  changes , focusing on the woman, on the mother and her life, dealing with her role in that society and her personality and will.

We are all lost when our identity crumbles

As in many recent films, identity is a central issue in “Who do I belong to“, once we cannot define ourselves anymore by what we think we are, what our society and social milieu wants us to be, we lose track and we have to rebuild. This is what happens to the lead character, to Aicha, and she becomes a new person through pain and sorrow.

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