The Fire Dance(1994)

Name: The Fire Dance
Director: Selma Baccar
Released: 1994-01-01
Duration: 100 min
Cast: Souad Amidou, Raouf Ben Amor, Féodor Atkine, Néjib Belkadhi

Souad Amidou Raouf Ben Amor Féodor Atkine Néjib Belkadhi

Free and a multi-talented artist, Habiba Msika was one of the brightest stars of her time, the twenties. Inspired by the real-life of the artist, the film evokes the last years from 1927.  Punctuated by the jolts of a changing time, this tumultuous stage in Habiba Msika's life was branded by the love that Mimoun, a wealthy landowner, and Chedly a young poet from a good family, both dedicated to her. In Berlin, during a triumphant tour, she meets the oriental music star, the Iraqi Baghdadi, and is introduced to Parisian life by Peter, and a dandy of disconcerting charm. Back in Tunis, Habiba Msika's life is carried away by the frenetic whirlwind of success, controversies, and thwarted passions until the final tragedy of her death.