Shadow of the Earth (Arabic: Dhil al ardh) is a 1982 Tunisian drama film directed by Taïeb Louhichi.
The patriarch's sons leave the community and head north to join the army or to try their luck abroad.
The patriarch and his daughter-in-law are the only ones left at the camp until she too must leave; she travels to the capital to say goodbye to her husband, deceased while looking for work abroad.
This film is the chronicle of a community threatened by the curses of nature, threats from across the border and central powers.
It is also a beautiful visual poem that brings back to life, through human memory, the legend of Arab and foreign invaders.