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Completed - ARABIC, FRENCH - Drama - 105 minutes

Year of production : 2019

Director(s) : Mounia MEDDOUR
Cast : Lyna KHOUDRY, Shirine BOUTELLA, Hilda DAOUADA, Yasin HOUICHA, Nadia KACI

Producer(s) : Xavier GENS (The Ink Connection), Gregoire GENSOLLEN (The Ink Connection), Patrick ANDRÉ (HIGH SEA), Belkacem HADJADJ

Synopsis

Algeria, 1990s.
Nedjma, an 18 year-old student passionate about fashion design refuses to let the tragic events of the Algerian Civil War to keep her from experiencing a normal life and going out at night with her friend Wassila. As the social climate becomes more conservative, she rejects the new bans set by the radicals and decides to fight for her freedom and independence by putting up a fashion show.

Production

Country(ies) : ALGERIA, FRANCE, BELGIUM, QATAR

AUSTRIA Oct 16, 2019 POLYFILM VERLEI
BELGIUM Feb 13, 2020 MOOOV
CANADA Jan 31, 2020 A-Z FILMS (CANA
COLOMBIA Jan 30, 2020 CINEPLEX
DENMARK ANGEL FILMS A/S
FRANCE Oct 09, 2019 JOUR2FETE DISTR
FRANCE JOUR2FETE DISTR
IRELAND SUBTITLE DISTRI
ITALY Sep 30, 2019 TEODORA FILM
MEXICO CANIBAL NETWORK
NETHERLAND Feb 13, 2020 CONTACT FILM
NORWAY Mar 06, 2020 STORYTELLING ME
SPAIN BTEAM PICTURES
SWITZERLAN Oct 16, 2019 CINEWORX GMBH
TAIWAN LIGHT YEAR IMAG


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Festivals and Awards

Festival de Cannes 2019 Un Certain Regard
Karlovy Vary IFF 2019 Horizons


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