Red Path

Red Path
FrenchLes Enfants rouges
Directed byLotfi Achour
Written byDoria Achour
Lotfi Achour
Sylvain Cattenoy
Natacha de Pontchara
Produced byAnissa Daoud
Sébastien Hussenot
StarringAli Helali
Yassine Samouni
CinematographyWojciech Staroń
Edited byMalek Chatta
Music byJawhar Basti
Venceslas Catz
Production
companies
Artistes Producteurs Associés
La Luna Productions
Shipsboy
Distributed byNour Films
Sovereign Films
Release date
  • 9 September 2024 (2024-09-09) (Locarno)
Running time
101 minutes[1]
CountriesTunisia
France
Belgium
Poland
Saudi Arabia
Qatar
LanguageArabic

Red Path (French: Les Enfants rouges) is a drama film, directed by Lotfi Achour and released in 2024.[2] Based on a true story, the film stars Ali Helali as Ashraf, a young boy who is exploring Tunisia's Mghila Mountain with his older cousin Nizar (Yassine Samouni) when the boys are set upon by jihadist terrorists, who kill Nizar and force Ashraf to walk back home alone with Nizar's severed head as a warning to their community.[3]

The cast also includes Eya Bouteraa, Wided Dabebi, Latifa Gafsi, Noureddine Hamami, Rayen Karoui, Mounir Khazri, Jemii Lamari, Younes Naouar and Salha Nasraoui in supporting roles.

The film is a co-production of companies from Tunisia, France, Belgium, Poland, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.[4]

Cast

  • Ali Helali
  • Yassine Samouni
  • Eya Bouteraa
  • Wided Dabebi
  • Latifa Gafsi
  • Noureddine Hamami
  • Rayen Karoui
  • Mounir Khazri
  • Jemii Lamari
  • Younes Naouar
  • Salha Nasraoui

Release

The film premiered in the Filmmakers of the Present (Cineasti del Presente) program at the 77th Locarno Film Festival.[5] It was subsequently screened at the 2024 Vancouver International Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award for the Vanguard program.[6]

In November, it competed for the Golden Peacock Award at the 55th International Film Festival of India in International competition section and was screened on 22 November.[7] It won the 2024 Golden Tanit and Audience Award at the Carthage Film Festival.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Red Path (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 22 May 2025. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
  2. ^ Rafa Sales Ross, "‘Red Path’ Director Lotfi Achour on Fictionalizing Gruesome Jihadist Attack and ‘Wonderful Period’ of Tunisian Cinema". Variety, 11 November 2024.
  3. ^ Amber Wilkinson, "‘Red Path’: Thessaloniki Review". Screen Daily, 7 November 2024.
  4. ^ Martin Kudláč, "Review: Red Path". Cineuropa, 13 August 2024.
  5. ^ Abby Laing, "Locarno 2024 review: Red Path (Lotfi Achour)". International Cinephile Society, 9 August 2024.
  6. ^ Blair Ingenthron, "VIFF Announces Audience Award Winners". Broadway World, 12 October 2024.
  7. ^ Naman Ramachandran (13 November 2024). "India's IFFI Goa Festival Sets 15-Film Golden Peacock Competition Slate". Variety. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
  8. ^ BGMN (2024-12-22). "JCC 2024 awards: Red Path by Lotfi Achour wins the Golden Tanit". Tunisian Monitor. Retrieved 2026-05-11.


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