Fatima, 17, the youngest of three daughters, treads carefully as she searches for her own path, grappling with emerging desires, her attraction to women, and her loyalty to her caring French-Algerian family. Starting university in Paris, she dates, makes friends, and explores a whole new world, all while confronting a timeless and heartrending dilemma: How can one stay true to oneself when reconciling different parts of one’s identity feels impossible?
Keywords
- Best Novels Adaptation
- Cannes: En compétition
- Festival de Cannes
- Film Fest Gent
- Film Fest Gent !
- Les César du cinéma
- LGBTQIA+
- Locarno Film Festival!
- Portraits of empowered women
- Queer Palm
- The César nominees are...
- TIFF - Toronto International Film Festival
- identity
- religion
Actors
- Nadia Melliti
- Park Ji-min
- Amina Ben Mohamed
- Rita Benmannana
- Melissa Guers
Director
- Hafsia Herzi
When Fatima arrives in Paris, she finds herself caught between her religious upbringing and the freedom of student life in the city.
Fatima, 17, the youngest of three daughters, treads carefully as she searches for her own path, grappling with emerging desires, her attraction to women, and her loyalty to her caring French-Algerian family. Starting university in Paris, she dates, makes friends, and explores a whole new world, all while confronting a timeless and heartrending dilemma: How can one stay true to oneself when reconciling different parts of one’s identity feels impossible?