Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces

A tender, observational coming-of-age story set in a Tunisian village that captures the awkward, liminal space between childhood and manhood with warmth and gentle humor.

Twelve-year-old Noura dangles uncertainly in that difficult netherworld between childhood and adulthood. His growing libido has gotten him banned from the women's baths, where his mother took him when he was younger, but he's not yet old enough to participate in grown-up discussions with the men of his Tunisian village. Noura's only real friend is a troublemaker named Salih -- the village political outcast.