BEZNESS AS USUAL

93 min

US PREMIERE During the rise of tourism in Tunisia in the 1970s, young local men from poor families would romance European women. It was their business – or “bezness” – in the local parlance. Filmmaker Alex Pitstra was born from such a union and raised by his mother in The Netherlands. As he seeks to reconnect with his father, Alex has to bridge two worlds. He skillfully portrays multiple characters with a novelist’s sense of nuance and psychological complexity.

Director: Alex Pitstra

Producer: Niek Koppen, Jan De Ruiter

Cinematographer: Tadeusz Kieniewicz, Alex Pitstra

Editor: Jos Driessen

Music: Renger Koning

Language: English, Dutch, Arabic, German

Country: The Netherlands

Year: 2016

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International

Middle East

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BEZNESS AS USUAL

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