Title: Fatima
Original Title: Fatima
Year: 2015
Info
- Country: France
- Length: 79 Minutes (1 hour 19 min)
- Genre: Drama
- Studios: Istiqlal Films Arte
- Distributor: Surtsey Films
- Age rating: PG (Parental guidance)
Plot
Philippe Faucon directs this film about a harsh reality that in recent times is happening in many countries. Fatima is a woman who has immigrated to France with the intention to give a better future for her daughters. She lives alone with her daughters, Souad, a teenage rebel of fifteen years and Nesrine, a young woman who just started the university of Medicine. Fatima will encounter various obstacles in her life, including the language. With a very poor French, every day is a new mission to communicate with her daughters. Working as a cleaning woman for many hours, she suffers a fall down the stairs having to ask for a license to recover. During this time, Fatima start writing her daughters in Arabic everything that she couldn't be expressed in French.
Cast
Director:
Fatima
Nesrine
Souad
Father
Leila
Séverine
Videos
February 27 2016
Photos
Trivia
Film is based on books 'Prière à la lune (Pray to the Moon)' and 'Enfin, je peux marcher seule (Finally, I can walk alone)', by Fatima Elayoubi.
Soria Zeroual, who plays Fatima in the film, had never been an actress, throughout her life she worked as a cleaning woman too.
'Fatima' was the winner of three Cesar awards, including Best Picture.
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