Ashkal: The Tunisian Investigation
Ashkal: The Tunisian Investigation
Ashkal: The Tunisian Investigation
Ashkal: The Tunisian Investigation
Ashkal: The Tunisian Investigation
Ashkal: The Tunisian Investigation
Ashkal: The Tunisian Investigation
Ashkal: The Tunisian Investigation
Ashkal: The Tunisian Investigation
Ashkal: The Tunisian Investigation
Ashkal: The Tunisian Investigation
Ashkal: The Tunisian Investigation

Yellow Veil Pictures

Ashkal: The Tunisian Investigation

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This special limited edition slipcover (designed by Brandon Schaefer) is limited to 1,000 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

Yellow Veil Pictures is a New York City and Los Angeles-based film sales and distribution company focusing exclusively on boundary pushing genre cinema, seeking to highlight filmmakers who exist on the cusp of commercial and arthouse cinema.

Set amongst derelict, half-finished apartment complexes of a former regime, the discovery of a mysterious burnt body by two police officers reveals a puzzling repetition of events. As the investigation progresses, a network of violence and corruption is uncovered throughout the city.

directed by: Youssef Chebbi
starring: Fatma Oussaifi, Mohamed Houcine Grayaa, Aymen Ben Hmida
2022 / 92 min / 1.66:1 / Arabic, French DTS-HD MA 5.1 

Additional info:

  • Region A Blu-ray
  • Alternate Ending
  • Q&A with Youssef Chebbi at New Director/New Film
  • Featurette: Scouting at Jardin de Carthage
  • Slip Cover by Brandon Schaefer
  • Essay by Tyler Wilson
  • English & English SDH subtitles

        Overall rating: 4.72 / 5 from 50 reviews.

        AI Generated Review Summary

        Ashkal: The Tunisian Investigation is a limited edition slipcover film, praised for its suspenseful and intriguing narrative. It offers a unique glimpse into contemporary Arab cinema, set against a backdrop of mystery and corruption. The film includes an alternate ending, a Q&A with the director, and a featurette on the scouting locations.

        Summary topics

        • contemporary Arab cinema (23%): Many customers remarked that Ashkal is a beautiful film, Suspenseful film, excellent film, and essential film to understand the new energies pulsing in contemporary Arab cinema.
        • intriguing thriller (21%): Many customers stated that this thriller is a fantastic and intriguing thriller that leaves you with an overwhelming WTF sensation.

        Review topics: ["feel","packaging","set","buy","thriller","film","movie","flick","cinema","atmosphere","talk","shot","build","watch","gem","release","features","fire","experience"].

        Review highlights

        • "A cool foreign paranormal flick with a great backdrop Love the atmosphere and score" — Maximillian G.
        • "It's true independent cinema where every film is as brilliantly constructed as it is interesting and peculiar." — Daniel B.
        • "A really dark and subtle thriller." — Bryan K.

        Reviews

        Really Creepy

        "A slow burn with an atmosphere that just keeps pulling you in."

        — Chris T. (5/5)

        Very Interesting

        "Genuinely surprised by this. Bought it on a whim, but it was just weird enough for me to appreciate it."

        — Nick C. (5/5)

        Excellent movie

        "Great slow-burn story, no complaints with the disc or the shipping process."

        — John N. (5/5)

        ashkal

        "so fun, awesome packaging and features!"

        — Luther T. (3/5)

        Nice

        "All in all good package"

        — Scott D. (5/5)

        Tunisian film that bears resemblance

        "Tunisian film that bears resemblance to works of Kiyoshi Kurosawa, particularly cure and kairo. This follows a troubled female detective investigating a series of immolations. Filmed with that detached isolation associated with prime kiyoshi works."

        — Renald R. (5/5)

        A fantastical fever dream of darkness

        "A super dope investigation and visual feast."

        — Jermaine M. (4/5)

        This is cinema thank you

        "This is cinema thank you Yellow Veil Pictures for finding these weird gems. A really dark and subtle thriller. And the atmosphere smothers you practically. Great release."

        — Bryan K. (5/5)

        Great late night oddity.

        "Existential, strange and meditative police procedural worth your time - ambiguous offbeat cinema for the patient cinephile."

        — John A. (5/5)

        Haunting

        "One of the year’s best. Haunting."

        — Joey D. (5/5)

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