With a Quiet Voice

Director: Leyla Bouzid, France, Tunisia 2025, 112 minutes
Lilia (Eya Bouteraa), who lives in Paris, travels to her native Tunisia to bury her uncle Daly (Karim Rmadi). She is accompanied by her partner Alice (Marion Barbeau), who, however, stays not in the Tunisian family home but in a nearby hotel. Even Lilia's mother (Hiam Abbass) knows nothing about her daughter's lesbian relationship, which would not only bring shame upon her family but is also punishable by law in Tunisia. When Lilia learns during the multi-day funeral ceremony that her uncle died under mysterious circumstances, she begins her own investigation. Tired of being humiliated by her family's pretense of secrecy, she delves deeper into Tunisia's queer subculture and into a web of secrets that encompasses not only her family but the entire society. The ghosts of the past guide her with a quiet voice.
A moving and elegantly staged family drama about identity, family, and the destructive power of the unspoken: In WITH A QUIET VOICE, Tunisian-French director Leyla Bouzid tells with gentle strength how the past haunts the present, thus paving a new way for the future.