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Completed - FRENCH, ARABIC, ENGLISH - Thriller, Drama - 94 minutes

Log Line

Multiple César winners and super on the rise producers Films
Grand Huit introduce one of Europe’s strongest voices with Rabia,
the electrifying directorial debut of Mareike Engelhardt. As much a
claustrophobic thriller as a gripping tale of survival, this never-seen
before, provocative look on life




Previous markets

  • Berlin EFM 2023 (Debut)
  • Cannes 2023 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2024

Director(s) : Mareike ENGELHARDT
 Cast : Megan NORTHAM, Lubna AZABAL, Natacha KRIEF, Lena LAUZEMIS

 Producer(s) : Lionel MASSOL (Films Grand Huit), Pauline SEIGLAND (Films Grand Huit), Wasiliki BLESER (Starhaus Films), Annabella NEZRI (Kwassa Films)

Synopsis

A 19-year-old French woman travels to a country at war and finds herself trapped in a
house full of women with a number of other young arrivals from all corners of the globe. In order
to survive, she becomes an assistant to the director, Madame, who exerts a powerful fascination
over Rabia. Their master-slave relationship drives Rabia to go beyond the limits of her convictions,
until she can no longer bear the monster the system is turning her into…

Production

Country(ies) : FRANCE, GERMANY, BELGIUM

Distributors More info with Europa distribution

GERMANY ALPENREPUBLIK G


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