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.
'Fatima' was the winner of three Cesar awards, including Best Picture.
Fatima Elayoubi's novels are based in her own experience as maid and immigrant woman.
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