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From Hussein Ben Ali, the founder, to Muhammad al-Amin Bey, “the democratic monarch,” not to mention Ahmed Pasha, who abolished slavery in 1846, and most of all, Muhammad al-Munsif Bey, the nationalist sovereign who died in deportation, Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud’s documentary reviews some of the prestigious pages of the dynasty of the Beys of Tunis, who reigned over the country for two-and-a-half centuries. The film also evokes the dark hours of the feudal monarchy, with its bloody conspiracies, injustices and corruption. The nadir came with the arrival of French troops in Tunisia in 1881. Prince Fayçal Bey, great-grandson of the last Bey of Tunis, provides the through-line, which allows us to see the last days of the monarchy, whose history came to a close fifty years ago with the establishment of the Republic.

France / Tunisia - 2007 - 52 mn - Betacam Digital - Colour

Director Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud Writer Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud Camera Ali Ben Abdallah Sound Walid Ouerghi Editing Nadia Ben Rachid

Production Alif Productions, 57, rue d'Alleray, 75015 Paris, France Tél : +33 (0)1 5608 3200 Fax : +33 (0)1 5608 3201 E-mail : alif.productions@wanadoo.fr Co-Production Familia Productions with the  participation of Beur TV, la chaîne Méditerranée, TV5 Monde

Sales Alif Productions, 57, rue d'Alleray, 75015 Paris, France Tél : +33 (0)1 5608 3200 Fax : +33 (0)1 5608 3201 E-mail : alif.productions@wanadoo.fr