Aziz, nicknamed Zizou, a young unemployed graduate, leaves his village on the border of Sahara for Tunis, the capital, in quest for a job. He becomes an installer of satellite dishes on house roofs. Still keeping his honest and candid soul, he frequents all social sets: from the richest to the poorest, trendy modernists to supporters of despotic regime, or underground Islamist opponents. One day, while working on the terraces of the beautiful village of Sidi Bou Saïd, he falls madly in love with a girl, who looks locked up by a mafia group close to the regime. Henceforward, his dream is to set her free This quest for love becomes his reason for living, and he will proceed unconsciously against the tide of the Revolution that is about to burst in Tunisia and so, trigger in the whole region the crazy hopes of a Spring of freed peoples! Through his clumsiness and naivety, he will come across hundreds of adventures and end up an unwilling hero!
Sweet Smell of Spring (2016)
Directed by Férid Boughedir
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Aziz, Love, Sahara, Sidi Bou, Tunis, Tunisia, Village
Alternate Titles
Parfum de printemps
, FR
Sweet Smell of Spring
GB, US
Zizou
TN
Zizou and the Arab Spring
US