LE CHANT DU MILLÉNAIRE

Mohamed Zran moves around rural Tunisia, from the lush green North to the dry South, talking to young and old, asking them about their lives and the situations they find themselves in. We are taken on a journey that puts us face-to-face with the spirit of the Tunisian people, as we witness the bright optimism of the fishermen with empty nets, the young girl removed from school to work in the fields, teenagers in internet cafes, and the carpet-mistress with her weavers of threads. They are a sanguine folk. Somehow the threads of all the characters we encounter in this film weave themselves together, giving us a glimpse of a magic carpet: a optimism-carpet. (Paul Druce)