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TUNISIA - CINEMA - OSCARS - NOMINATIONS

TUNISIA - CINEMA - OSCARS - NOMINATIONS
Tunisian director and screenwriter Kaouther Ben Henia and Syrian actor Yahya Mahayni pose in front of the poster of "The man who sold his skin" after its first screening in the country, in the capital Tunis, on March 30, 2021. The Tunisian film, the first ever to be tipped for an Oscar, features in the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the upcoming 93rd Academy Awards in Hollywood on April 25. Starring Italian actress Monica Bellucci alongside Syrian Yahya Mahyani and Belgian Koen De Bouw, it tells the story of a Syrian refugee who allows a tattoo artist to use his back as a canvas in order to get to Europe.
FETHI BELAID / AFP