The Scarecrows

Immediately after returning home, Zina and Djo are imprisoned and Zina's two-year-old child is taken away from her. When Djo learns she is pregnant, she stubbornly keeps quiet, but describes the horrors she faced in Syria in a novel. To help the two on their hard and lengthy journey back to life, human rights lawyer Nadia and doctor Dora join forces with Driss, a young homosexual who is socially ostracized.

Keywords

  • #AccelerateAction | Internationaler Frauentag 2025
  • Arab Spring
  • Arthouse
  • Screen: North Africa
  • Sooner Exclusives
  • Sooner Exclusives: Stories that Matter
  • Africa
  • Mental Health
  • religion
  • women

Actors

  • Nour Hajri
  • Afef Ben Mahmoud
  • Sondos Belhassen
  • Joumene Limam
  • Mehdi Hajri

Director

  • Nouri Bouzid

Drama


1h 37min


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Luxembourg
Morocco
Tunisia
2019
During the Syrian war, two young Tunisian women were held as sex slaves by jihadists. The try to mend their lives.

During the Syrian war, two young Tunisian women were held as sex slaves by jihadists. The try to mend their lives.


Immediately after returning home, Zina and Djo are imprisoned and Zina's two-year-old child is taken away from her. When Djo learns she is pregnant, she stubbornly keeps quiet, but describes the horrors she faced in Syria in a novel.


To help the two on their hard and lengthy journey back to life, human rights lawyer Nadia and doctor Dora join forces with Driss, a young homosexual who is socially ostracized.

Cast & Crew