Can Tunis

Dec 5 2007 N/A 1h 24m
Documentary

Year 2002. In a neighborhood of Barcelona, residents demonstrate against the expropriation of their homes. Since the 80s, this neighborhood in ruins is the main drug market in the city. Juan lives there with his father, eight brothers and about twenty nephews. Surrounded by addicts, Juan output grows hoping his mother from prison. The neighborhood will be demolished, and the family will have to find another home.

Plot

Can Tunis is a documentary film about the last years of the Barcelona neighborhood of Casa Antúnez. The documentary shows the crude social reality of the neighborhood, seriously affected by drug abuse, crime, and the role of childhood and family life in a reality so far removed from the cosmopolitan image of Barcelona.

Written by

José González Morandi, Antonio Ojeda, Paco Toledo

Directed by

José González Morandi, Paco Toledo

Production Countries

Spain

Production Companies

Didac Films

Languages

Español, Català

Awards

1 win & 1 nomination

Scores
# of Votes
86
Average Rating
7.1 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA