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Tunisian-French director Karin Albou describes the transformation of Judeo-Arabic culture from Tunisia to Paris. Due to repercussions of the Israeli-Arab conflict, many Jews from Tunisia, a former French colony, resettled in France.
The specificity of the group's culture shock is explored. Most remember Tunisia fondly, but speak of the pain of suddenly becoming outcasts in their own land. Young Jews, who are as French as they are Tunisian, talk about the emergence of their identity in the mosaic of contemporary France. Albou's intimate relationships with those she interviews allow her to reveal an especially complex experience of exile and assimilation. A pilgrimage back to Tunisia reveals the passionate identification three generations of Jews continue to feel for the country left behind.
