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Year of production : 2014

Director(s) : Charlotte SCHIØLER
Writer(s) : Charlotte SCHIOLER
Cast : Charlotte SCHIOLER, Michelle Figlarz , Anna SCHIOLER

Producer(s) : Carsten BRANDT (POSTHUS TEATRET), Charlotte SCHIOLER (CHARLOTTE SCHIOLER PRODUCTIONS)

Babette, an obsessive young woman from Denmark living in Paris wants to buy an apartment but is determined not to get short cut in the process. A crucial step in doing so is taking measurements of the space under consideration to make sure she will be getting her money’s worth and not be taken over. She has a very friendly meeting (by mistake) with an engaging young woman selling a space that would be quite suitable, but, during their meeting, she is unable to measure because of the chaotic state of the place. The owner tells her it is 68 sq. meters but Babette’s constant fear of being taken advantage of as a naive foreigner in Paris, makes her doubt. She has basically agreed to the price but does not want to offend the prospective seller by questioning her word and taking the measurements in her presence. She therefore returns on a different day to take the measurement from outside the building and, in order not to be recognized, she decides to buy a full Moslem face veil known as a niqab. This is a partly Moslem neighborhood so the face covering would not be unusual or attract undo attention.
Three Arab dress shops suspiciously turn her down before she is finally able to purchase a veil — and then the way people look at her in various situations on the street. Hostile, disgusted, pitying, or condescending stares make her realize that this is what Moslem women under the veil have to put up with every day on the streets of Paris.