Completed - FRENCH, ARABIC - Drama - 99 minutes
In this emotional drama, Award winning director Yamina Benguigui (TIFF International Critics’ Award) delivers an elaborate story of family relationships and cultural identityinvolving three French-Algerian sisters. The acclaimed cast includes Academy Award nominee Isabelle Adjani.
Year of production : 2020 Director(s) : Yamina BENGUIGUI Cast : Isabelle ADJANI, MAIWENN, Rachida BRAKNI, Hafsia HERZI Producer(s) : Philippe DUPUIS-MENDEL (BANDITS)
For thirty years, French-Algerian sisters Zorah, Nohra and Djamila have been living in the hope of finding their brother Rheda, abducted by their father, and hidden in newly decolonised Algeria.Their relationship is shaken when Zorah, the eldest sister, decides to write a play based on the traumatising events of their childhood that haunted them their whole life. But when they learn that their father is dying, the three sisters decide to go to Algeria to seize their last opportunity to have him reveal where their brother is. When the past catches up, the three sisters have no choice but to put their differences aside.
Country(ies) : FRANCE
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