Tunisia has selected Nada Mezni Hfaiedh’s drama Take My Breath exploring intersex identity to represent it in the Best International Feature Film category of the 97th Academy Awards.
The drama, which released in Tunisia late last year, stars actress Amina Ben Ismail as 23-year-old seamstress Shams, whose life is overturned when their intersex identity is exposed.
Shams escapes to the city, where they live in the shadows, shunned by true love and rejected by society’s rigid norms and expectations.
Last year’s Tunisian entry, documentary Four Daughters by Kaouther Ben Hania, made it onto the shortlist in the International Feature category and went on to be nominated in the Best Documentary category.
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