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‘Take My Breath’ Review: Tunisia’s Good-Looking Oscar Submission Explores Intersex Identity
Female director Nada Mezni Hafaiedh delivers a melodramatic look at the clash between desire and identity.
Tunisia has made relatively few submissions for the international feature Oscar, yet thanks to female helmer Kaouther Ben Hania, the country recently earned a nomination with “The Man Who Sold His Skin” (2020) and a place on the shortlist with “Four Daughters” (2023). Unfortunately, the well-intentioned screenplay by Hafaiedh and Pascal Jousse piles on such a plethora of social issues (police corruption, violence against women, sexual trafficking, illegal immigration) that it overwhelms the central storyline. She takes refuge with Toufik (Mohamed Dahech), the Sufi practitioner son of island wise man Abderrahmane (Fathi Akkari), and tries to decide on what gender identity to use moving forward.
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