Khorma

At a glance

Khorma, is a 2002 Tunisian movie, directed by Jilani Saadi, and starring Mohamed Grayaâ, Mohamed Mourali, Ramzi Brari. with a runtime of 80 minutes.

Overview

Khorma is a Tunisian comedy film set in the sun-scorched village of Bizerte, where Khorma — an eccentric young man with distinctive blonde-red hair and baffling habits — serves as the town's lovable oddity. His guardian, Bou Khaleb, is the village's official announcer of births, deaths, and marriages, a position that carries surprising social weight. When Bou Khaleb mistakenly announces a woman's death instead of her daughter's wedding, the blunder sets off a cascade of comic mayhem that exposes the ludicrous power struggles simmering among the clerics of the local religious establishment. Sharp, irreverent, and consistently funny, Khorma uses small-town chaos to skewer institutional religion with precision and good humour.

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