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International Premiere
Francaise
World Cinema
Family · Social Criticism · Coming of Age
- CountryFrance,Morocco
- Production Year2008
- Running Time84min
- Format35mm
- ColorCOLOR
Program Note
As a follow-up to her award-winning short film Salam, El Bouhati returns to explore displacement and identity in her first feature film. A young, happy girl Sofia, born in France to Moroccan parents finds herself on a farm in North Africa when her father decides to go home. She quickly decides that when the time is right, she is returning to France and the freedoms and privileges she feels are hers by birthright. Jettisoning the tropes that involve poor parents, and miserable childhoods, the film places Sofia squarely in the middle class confronted with a choice that comes down to personal identity: She, like her parents, wants to return to her “home.” El Bouhati asks us what comprises “nationality” and how to reconcile the seemingly conflicting ideals of ethnicity and citizenship, and if it is possible to live in the limbo between the two.
Director

Souad El-bouhati
Born in Morocco and relocating to France as an infant, Souad El Bouhati began her career as an educator in social services in Toulouse. She started working in film as a script assistant and later studied film at the University of Paris VIII and worked for production company Movimento. Her filmography includes the multiple award-winning [Salam](1999). [Française] is her first feature film.
Credit
- Director
Souad El-bouhati - ProducerJacques KIRSNER
- CastHafsia HERZI
Farida KHELFA
Maher KAMOUN
Aymen SAIDI - CinematographyFlorian BOUCHET
Olivier CHAMBON - EditorJosiane ZARDOYA
Caroline DULAC - SoundEric ROPHE
Frédéric BOBILLIER - MusicPatrice GOMIS
- Production CompanyJem Productions
- World SalesWIDE MANAGEMENT
E-mail wide@widemanagement.com
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