Arab Blues

Arab Blues (Un divan à Tunis) is a 2019 French-Tunisian comedy film directed by Manele Labidi Labbé in her feature debut. It was screened in the Venice Days section at the 2019 Venice Film Festival and then in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. The film is about a Tunisian psychoanalyst Selma who, after having been educated in Paris, moves back to Tunisia to open a psychoanalytic practice.

Cast

 * Golshifteh Farahani as Selma
 * Hichem Yacoubi as Raouf
 * Moncef Anjegui as Mourad
 * Majd Mastoura as Naim

Release
The film had its world premiere at the 76th Venice International Film Festival, during the Venice Days, on 4 September 2019. Its North American debut was in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival on 8 September 2019.

Box office
Arab Blues grossed $3.7 million worldwide, against a production budget of about $2.4 million.

Critical response
On French review aggregator AlloCiné, the film holds an average rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on 24 critics' reviews.