TEHRAN-The cinematheque of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art will screen the 2022 movie “Harka” written and directed by Lotfy Nathan on Sunday.

The film screening, from the program dedicated to showing movies about resistance, is set to start at 3 p.m. and will be followed by an analysis given by the film critic Ehsan Zivar Alam, IRNA reported.

Nathan’s narrative directorial debut, “Harka” is an internationally co-produced drama film. It was inspired by Mohamed Bouazizi's self-immolation that sparked the Tunisian revolution and Arab Spring in 2010 and 2011. It stars Adam Bessa, Salima Maatoug, Ikbal Harbi and Najib Allagui.

It is about a young Tunisian man named Ali who dreams of a better life and sells contraband petrol on the black market. When his father dies, he is left to take care of his two sisters, with eviction from their home looming. Faced with this sudden responsibility and the injustices he is confronted with, Ali awakens to anger and revolt.

The film had its world premiere at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival on 19 May 2022, in the Un Certain Regard section where lead actor Adam Bessa was awarded ex aequo the Best Performance Prize.

TMoCA is located next to Laleh Park on N. Karegar St.

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