Mit leiser Stimme

• FR/TN 2025
• 112 min
• Director: Leyla Bouzid
• Age rating: All ages
• Original version with German subtitles (OmU)

Screenings:

• Thu, July 9, 2026 – Wed, July 15, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.
• Thu., July 16, 2026 – Wed., July 22, 2026 at 6:45 p.m.
• Thu., July 23, 2026 – Wed., July 29, 2026 at 8:30 p.m.

Cast:Eya Bouteraa, Hiam Abbass, Marion Barbeau

In *MIT LEISER STIMME*, Tunisian-French director Leyla Bouzid tells with gentle power how the past haunts the present and can thus point the way to a new future. Hiam Abbass, one of the great actresses of world cinema, shines in this masterful film, which inspires courage and, step by step, unleashes powerful emotions.

Lilia (Eya Bouteraa), who lives in Paris, travels to her native Tunisia to attend her uncle Daly’s (Karim Rmadi) funeral. She is accompanied by her partner Alice (Marion Barbeau), who, however, stays not at the family home in Tunisia but at a nearby hotel. Even Lilia’s mother (Hiam Abbass) has no idea about her daughter’s lesbian relationship, which would not only bring shame upon the family but is also a criminal offense in Tunisia. When Lilia learns during the multi-day funeral that her uncle died under mysterious circumstances, she begins to conduct her own investigation. She is tired of being humiliated by her family’s game of hide-and-seek and delves deeper and deeper into Tunisia’s queer subculture—and thus into a web of secrets that encompasses not only her family but society as a whole. The ghosts of the past quietly guide her along the way.