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Seventeen-year-old Fatima, the youngest of three daughters, cautiously searches for her own path. She delves into the Quran and seeks companionship on dating apps. The young woman must navigate between her growing attraction to women and her loyalty to her loving French Algerian family. After starting her studies in Paris, she makes new friends, goes on dates, and discovers a whole new world, but at the same time, she is faced with a fundamental question: how to stay true to herself when it seems impossible to reconcile the different sides of her identity?
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"Directed by French actress Hafsia Herzi, a familiar face to our festival audiences, and based on the autobiographical novel by Fatima Daas, this film was honored with the Queer Palm at the Cannes Film Festival. Lead actress Nadia Melliti masterfully embodies a quiet yet profound internal conflict, where identity becomes a constant endeavor to reconcile love, faith, and one's own truth. Her acting debut deservedly earned her the Best Actress award at Cannes." (Programmer Benita Paplauskaitė)
Awards
World PremiereCannes Film Festival, Competition, 2025
Queer PalmCannes Film Festival, 2025
Best ActressCannes Film Festival, 2025
Credentials
- DirectingHafsia Herzi
- The scriptHafsia Herzi
- PlaysNadia Melliti, Ji-Min Park, Amina Ben Mohamed, Rita Benmannana, Melissa Guers, Razzak Ridha, Park Ji-min, Louis Memmi, Anouar Kardellas, Waniss Chaouki, Madi Dembele, Mahamadou Sacko, Ahmed Kheloufi, Pascal Chanez, Sophie Garagnon, Némo Schiffman, Victorien Bonnet, Vincent Pasdermadjian, Vincent Pasdermadjian, Mouna Soualem , Jade Fehlmann, Gioia Farisano, Julie Chaintron, Ahmet İnsel, Abdelali Mamoun, Claude-Emmanuelle Gajan-Maull
- AssemblyGéraldine Mangenot
- CameraJérémie Attard
- MusicAmine Bouhafa
- ProducingJulie Billy, Naomi Denamur, Vanessa Ciszewski, Olivier Père
- TranslationVeronika Vasiljeva
- DialoguesFrench, Arabic
- SubtitlesLithuanian, English
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