Red Path

Red Path (French: Les Enfants rouges) is a drama film, directed by Lotfi Achour and released in 2024.^[1] Based on a true story, the film stars Ali Helali as Ashraf, a young boy who is exploring Tunisia's Mghila Mountain with his older cousin Nizar (Yassine Samouni) when the boys are set upon by jihadist terrorists, who kill Nizar and force Ashraf to walk back home alone with Nizar's severed head as a warning to their community.^[2]

Red Path
French	Les Enfants rouges
Directed by	Lotfi Achour
Written by	Doria Achour Lotfi Achour Sylvain Cattenoy Natacha de Pontchara
Produced by	Anissa Daoud Sébastien Hussenot
Starring	Ali Helali Yassine Samouni
Cinematography	Wojciech Staroń
Edited by	Malek Chatta
Music by	Jawhar Basti Venceslas Catz
Production companies	Artistes Producteurs Associés La Luna Productions Shipsboy
Distributed by	Nour Films Sovereign Films
Release date	9 September 2024 (2024-09-09) (Locarno)
Running time	97 minutes
Countries	Tunisia France Belgium Poland Saudi Arabia Qatar
Language	Arabic

The cast also includes Eya Bouteraa, Wided Dabebi, Latifa Gafsi, Noureddine Hamami, Rayen Karoui, Mounir Khazri, Jemii Lamari, Younes Naouar and Salha Nasraoui in supporting roles.

The film is a co-production of companies from Tunisia, France, Belgium, Poland, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.^[3]

Cast

• Ali Helali
• Yassine Samouni

Release

The film premiered in the Filmmakers of the Present (Cineasti del Presente) program at the 77th Locarno Film Festival.^[4] It was subsequently screened at the 2024 Vancouver International Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award for the Vanguard program.^[5]

In November, it competed for the Golden Peacock Award at the 55th International Film Festival of India in International competition section and was screened on 22 November.^[6]