Tea in the Harem
Film poster
Directed byMehdi Charef
Screenplay byMehdi Charef
Based onLe thé au harem d'Archi Ahmed
by Mehdi Charef
Produced byCosta-Gavras
Michèle Ray-Gavras
StarringRémi Martin
Kader Boukhanef
CinematographyDominique Chapuis
Edited byKenout Peltier
Release date
  • 30 April 1985 (1985-04-30)
Running time
110 minutes[1]
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Box office$3.9 million[2]

Tea in the Harem (French: Le Thé au harem d'Archimède)[note 1] is a 1985 film directed by Mehdi Charef, based on a book written by Charef in 1983. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival.[3] The film won the Prix Jean Vigo in 1985.

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Notes

  1. ^ The French title is a mondegreen for Le theoreme d'Archimède, "Archimedes' theoreme"

References

  1. ^ Goodman, Walter (6 June 1986). "Tea in Harem, Street Youths in France". NY Times. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  2. ^ "Le Thé au harem d'Archimède (1985) - JPBox-Office". www.jpbox-office.com.
  3. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Tea in the Harem". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 30 June 2009.

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