Who Do I Belong To
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Sarra Ben Hassen
Maria Gracia Turgeon
Nadim Cheikhrouha
Meryam Joobeur
| Who Do I Belong To | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Meryam Joobeur |
| Written by | Meryam Joobeur |
| Produced by | Annick Blanc Sarra Ben Hassen Maria Gracia Turgeon Nadim Cheikhrouha Meryam Joobeur |
| Starring | Salha Nasraoui |
| Cinematography | Vincent Gonneville |
| Edited by | Meryam Joobeur Maxime Mathis |
| Music by | Peter Venne |
Production companies | Instinct Bleu Midi la Nuit 1888 Films Eye Eye Pictures Godolphin Films Tanit Films |
| Distributed by | Maison 4:3 |
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| Countries | Tunisia Canada France Norway Qatar Saudi Arabia |
| Language | Arabic |
Who Do I Belong To (Arabic: ماء العين, French: Là d’où l’on vient) is a drama film, directed by Meryam Joobeur and released in 2024.[1] The film stars Salha Nasraoui as Aïcha, a woman in Tunisia whose son returns from fighting in Syria with a mysterious woman, concurrently with a slate of strange disappearances in the village.[2]
The cast also includes Mohamed Hassine Grayaa, Malek Mechergui, Adam Bessa, Dea Liane, Rayen Mechergui, and Chaker Mechergui.[3]
The film is an expansion on the themes of Joobeur's 2018 short film Brotherhood (Ikhwène), but features some key story differences, including the gender of the central character.[2] It went into development in 2021, with the working title Motherhood.[4] Joobeur participated in the Sundance Screenwriters' Lab at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, where she was awarded the $10,000 Sundance Institute/NHK Award toward the film's production.[5]
Shooting began in 2022 in Tunisia.[6] In December 2023, the film won a €30,000 post-production grant in the Atlas Workshops program at the Marrakech International Film Festival.[7]