Jack from Tunis
Claudine Bourbigot
2013 - 91 min - HDV - Couleur et Noir & Blanc - France

Emigrated from Tunis to Paris at the beginning of the 20th century, he became the great rival and competitor of renowned studios Pathé and Gaumont. He created Paris’s two mythical theatres: the Rex and the Olympia. He’s also the one who revolutionized the Arabic cinema by spreading the Egyptian films through out North Africa.
Yet today, few know who Jacques Haïk was, and his name has almost disappeared from cinema history.
Thanks to a roll of film deemed by the Haïk family to be the first test for talking cinema, we meet this brilliant and visionary man. From memory to history, from Paris to Tunis, this poetic and delightful investigation introduces us to the exciting debut of filmmaking.