The film is a powerful testimony to a woman’s mother. As Alia, the daughter of a beautiful servant Khedija, grows up in the Kings Palace at the end of the French colonial rule in Tunisia, she realizes the “favours” required of her mother and other servants. As she wanders through the largely abandoned palace she is confronted by childhood memories. The film remembers the body, the work and the histories of women through Alia, daughter of Khedija.
Research Scholar at the School of Arts and Aesthetics, JNU, Vebhuti will introduce the film and facilitate the discussion. |
