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‘Who Do I Belong To’ Review: Tunisian-American Director Meryam Joobeur Makes a Handsomely Crafted Debut
'Who Do I Belong To,' Meryam Joobeur's drama about family ties on a Tunisian farm, sees her building on her Oscar-nominated 2018 short 'Brotherhood.'
Dea Liane plays Reem, Mehdi’s mysterious new wife, as a magnificent counterargument to anyone who might have thought it difficult to give an arresting performance with a mostly covered face and hardly any dialogue. The soldiers’ grim sense that that their actions are righteous is an example of the thinking that has led to some of humanity’s darkest moments, and underlines the sentiment, never far from the surface in this film, that the world is a tough place which heaps iniquity on the weak — and is hardly any more sustaining or enlightening for the strong. That Joobeur’s debut has auspiciously secured her a spot in the Berlinale Competition should assist sales and distribution, though commercial prospects may be limited by the downbeat subject matter and lack of marquee names.
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