I Am With You
The story of a young woman who lived in Galilee two thousand years ago, Mary of Nazareth (played by Nadia Khlifi as a child and Rabeb Srairi as an adult), thanks to whom, with the birth of her son Jesus (Mohamed Idoudi), a new era in the history of mankind was born.
The questions the film raises are just as pertinent today; framed from an exquisitely female perspective, they concern birth, growth, childrearing, women’s role in society, and the meaning of the word 'love'.
Mary is a woman who follows her own instincts, emboldened by being a mother, and maintains a healthy balance with rationality, even if it means breaking with the society and its laws, as her own son will.
Filmed in Tunisia entirely in Arabic and ancient Greek, this is a highly imaginative journey to the edge, to the roots of Christianity and the core of maternity: the nativity on screen, stripped of divine mystery. - Rome Film Festival.
Starring: Nadia Khlifi, Rabeb Srairi, Mustapha Benstiti, Ahmed Hafiene, Mohamed Idoudi, Achwak Bahri, Naouel Souibgui