‘Where the Wind Comes From’ Review: A Modest but Carefully Calibrated Road Trip Movie Set in Modern Tunisia

‘Where the Wind Comes From’ Review: A Modest but Carefully Calibrated Road Trip Movie Set in Modern Tunisia

First-time feature filmmaker Amel Guellaty makes a moving ode to the generation that grew up after the First Arab Spring.

'Where the Wind Comes From' Is the Best Movie at Sundance 2025

There’s a propulsive energy to Where the Wind Comes From that makes it a blast to watch even as the characters face hardships.

Road Trip Movie Set in Tunisia

Alyssa (Eya Bellagha), a high schooler in Tunis, has as many familial responsibilities as she has dreams to escape to Europe. Her older neighbor Mehdi (Slim Baccar) is a talented painter looking for any job since art doesn’t pay the bills. The poignant friendship that develops between these two characters is at the center of [...]