Tunisia film-maker hails 'historic' Oscar nomination

Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania called the Oscar nomination 'a dream come true'. TUNIS: The director of the first ever Tunisian film to be tipped for an Oscar has hailed the"historical" nomination and urged the North African country's authorities to support homegrown cinema.

The film, starring Italian actress Monica Bellucci alongside Syrian Yahya Mahyani and Belgian Koen De Bouw, 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. She won plaudits at the Cannes Film Festival in 2017 for her feature-length film Beauty and the Dogs, the story of a Tunisian woman who pushes for justice after being raped.

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