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The String (2009)

6.8/10 1h 33m May 12, 2009
Romance Drama

Malik has a lot on his plate when he returns home to Tunisia after living in France. He's processing his father's death, he can't come out to his mother, and his childhood anxieties have resurfaced. But all of Malik's problems seem to fade away when he falls for Bilal, the dreamy houseboy at his mother's bourgeois estate.

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Movie Details

Original Title Le fil
Original Language FR
Status Released
Popularity 0.4

Cast

Claudia Cardinale
Claudia Cardinale
Sara
Popularity: 1.9
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Antonin Stahly-Vishwanadan
Malik
Popularity: 0.0
Salim Kéchiouche
Salim Kéchiouche
Bilal
Popularity: 0.3
Driss Ramdi
Driss Ramdi
Popularity: 0.6
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Ramla Ayari
Popularity: 0.1
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Ali Mrabet
Popularity: 0.0
No Photo" alt="Abir Bennani" class="cast-photo">
Abir Bennani
Popularity: 0.1
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Rihab Mejri
Popularity: 0.0
Lotfi Dziri
Lotfi Dziri
Popularity: 1.1
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Mehdi Ben Attia
Popularity: 0.0

Key Crew

Director Mehdi Ben Attia

Production

Need Productions
BE
Propaganda Pictures
Mille et une productions
FR

Videos & Trailers

The string / Le Fil (2010) - Trailer English Subs
The string / Le Fil (2010) - Trailer English Subs
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Keywords

romance in the closet family

Reviews from TMDB

CinemaSerf 7/10
Aug 7, 2023

Quite a classy little film, this one. "Malik" (Antonin Viswanadhan) returns from Paris to his home in Tunisia after the death of his father and falls in love with his mother's handyman "Bilal" (Salim Kechiouche). He doesn't so much come out to, as get caught out by, his mother - a still stunning Cla ... Read more

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Based on 48 votes

Details
Release Date May 12, 2009
Runtime 1h 33m
Language FR
Status Released
Popularity 0.4
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