FARES LANDOULSI

who am I ?

Amongst all the Arab countries, Tunisia's film industry has been the most connected to the European film market, which makes the country's budding talent opt to spread their wings to the north to explore the international horizons of filmmaking rather than exploring new opportunities in the Arab world. Fares Landoulsi is one of the few burgeoning talents who, in a short span of time, achieved international success through international film festivals, and won rave reviews through landing in successful international co-productions.

Fares rose to fame after starring in one of Netflix's most popular originals. His passion for cinema started at the age of seven, which motivated him to tirelessly spend his time aligning between his school and different classes in acting, dancing and singing.

To be continued ...



ROAD TO EL KEF


World Premiere at Clermont-Ferrand Short FilmFest 2022 and will participate in the international competition!

ALIA


Un Film De Zahra Berrada. Avec Paraiso Production.

Fares Landoulsi y est à l'affiche.


BIENTÔT SUR GRAND ECRAN !


As Ali, un jeune émigré marocain, est tiraillé entre le milieu conservateur de sa famille et sa passion pour le cabaret où il se travestit le soir pour devenir Alia.

PRESS

ALIA by Zahra Berrada in an exclusive preview

MESSIAH



While selected by Screen International among the Arab Stars of Tomorrow for 2019, which coincided with his starring Netflix's Messiah, where his exceptional talent put him on the map, FL To Screen Daily International:


" Working on the series created by writer Michael Petroni with directors James McTeigue and Kate Woods was a game-changer, he says. “They really know how to work with actors. They’re very intelligent, very precise. It was an excellent experience humanly and professionally… it was a big step for me.”


Landoulsi plays a young man hailing from the now destroyed Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk outside the Syrian capital of Damascus, who has lost his family. “He’s a very touching character living in dire conditions. I felt a big responsibility taking on the role,” he says. “It wasn’t easy for me to prepare - for starters, I had to lose 18 kilos.


“I watched documentaries about refugee camps and also made friends with a lot of Palestinians who really helped me with their accounts of what they had been through,” he adds. “Netflix provided a wonderful coach, Reem Talhami, who helped me perfect a good Palestinian accent.”


While Messiah promises to launch Landoulsi internationally, he is now newcomer to the world of acting. He has been perfecting his craft since he was seven years old when his mother enrolled him in drama classes.


Messiah behind the scenes

His performance deserved a preselection at the Emmy's Awards 2020 from Netflix.

MESSIAH

Drama Series

Drama Actor – Mehdi Dehbi

Drama Actress – Michelle Monaghan

Drama Supporting Actor – Tomer Sisley, John Ortiz, Sayyid El Alami, Farès Landoulsi, Wil Traval

Drama Supporting Actress – Stefania LaVie Owen, Melinda Page Hamilton, Jane Adams

Drama Guest Actor – Naby Dakhli, Dermot Mulroney, Makram Khoury

Drama Guest Actress – Chelsea Niven

Messiah Hollywood Press Test Maker

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Awled El Ghoul

L’épreuve était celle de s’approprier cet instrument de musique. Le trac était à son comble, mais tout s’est finalement bien passé. Il y a eu une doublure de son dans quelques scènes. Sans oublier, la psychologie complexe du personnage qui a grandi dans une famille violente, rigide, une belle-mère dénuée de sentiment, un père autoritaire… Ce personnage est scindé en deux comme celui que j’ai joué dans « Messiah » et il est l’élément déclencheur de cette pluri-tragédie, basée sur les non-dits sociaux, de grands conflits, l’hypocrisie sociale, les libertés individuelles, la problématique de l’héritage, le régionalisme… Etymologiquement, le prénom Youssef renvoie au prophète : son naturel, sa sensibilité, sa beauté, le gâté, fils préféré de son père. Beaucoup de similitudes à noter.

CAPTATIONS

مسلسل أولاد الغول

Awled El Ghoul is a 30-episode social drama that features complex family relationships within the life’s conflicts and crossroads. Directed by Mourad Ben Cheikh and written by Rafika Boujday, the series is headlined by a stellar cast of A-list Tunisian stars besides Fares Landoulsi, including Fethi Haddaoui, Wahida Dridi, Chekra Rammeh, and Helmi El Daridi. In addition, the series’ opening theme song has recently released on Attessia TV’s official account, featuring Tunisian singer Saber Rebai.

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