2015
France
79min - DCP - 1.85 - Color
Original language: French, Arabic
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Cast
Soria ZEROUAL
Zita HANROT
Kenza Noah AÏCHE
Credits
Director: Philippe Faucon
Script: Philippe Faucon
Image: Laurent Fénart
Editing: Sophie Mandonnet
Music: Robert-Marcel Lepage
Producers: Yasmina Nini-Faucon, Philippe Faucon (ISTIQLAL FILMS, France), Serge Noel (POSSIBLES MEDIA, Canada)
Executive producer: Nadim Cheikhrouha (TANIT FILMS, France)
Production companies: ISTIQLAL FILMS - POSSIBLES MEDIA - ARTE FRANCE CINEMA - RHONES-ALPES CINEMA
Festivals & Awards
AWARDS
Prix du syndicat français de la Critique 2015
Best Film
Giffoni Film Festival, Italy 2015
Amnesty International Award
Louis Delluc prize 2015
Best Film
Lumières 2016
Best Script
CESARS 2016
BEST FILM, Best adapted Screenplay and Best Promising Actress (Zita Hanrot)
Festival Cinéma et Migration d'Agadir 2016
Best screenplay
FESTIVAL 2015
Cannes Film Festival 2015 - Directors' Fortnight
Giffoni Film Festival, Italy
FILMS BY THE SEA, Netherland
28th Helsinki Intl' Film Festival - Love & Anarchy
Rio Intl Film Festival
Warsaw Intl Film Festival
Belfast Intl Film Festival
French Cinema Now Seattle
Philadelphia Intl Film Festival
Doc Lisboa Intl Film Festival
VIENNALE
Festival du Nouveau Cinéma (Montréal)
FICFA (Festival International du Cinéma Francophone en Acadie), Canada
Festival de Cinéma International en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (FCIAT), Canada
France Odeon – Florence French Film Festival
Festival de Rouyn-Noranda, Canada
Tübingen Stuttgart Festival International du Film Francophone
16ème Festival du film français de Dublin
Auteur Film Festival Belgrade
Human Rights FF Zagreb
Dubai Intl Film Festival
FESTIVAL 2016
EU Film Showcase in Washington
Replay Of The Directors Fortnight In Israel
Portland International Film Festival
FLO - Mumbai Women Film Festival
Rendez-Vous with French Cinema in Rome
Kosmorama Trondheim
Les Avant-Premières 2016 in Buenos Aires
Arab Film Days in Oslo
Cinemarabe Amsterdam
COLCOA French Film Festival Los Angeles
FATIMA
a film by :Philippe Faucon
Fatima lives on her own with two daughters to support: 15-year old Souad, a teenager in revolt, and 18-year old Nesrine, who is starting medical school. Fatima speaks French poorly and is constantly frustrated by her daily interactions with her daughters. Her pride and joy, they are also a source of worry. To ensure the best possible future for them, she works odd hours as a cleaning woman. One day, she takes a fall on the stairs. On leave, Fatima begins to write to her daughters in Arabic that which she has never been able to express in French.
Fatima vit seule avec ses deux filles : Souad, 15 ans, adolescente en révolte, et Nesrine, 18 ans, qui commence des études de médecine. Fatima maîtrise mal le français et le vit comme une frustration dans ses rapports quotidiens avec ses filles. Toutes deux sont son moteur, sa fierté, son inquiétude aussi. Afin de leur offrir le meilleur avenir possible, Fatima travaille comme femme de ménage avec des horaires décalés. Un jour, elle chute dans un escalier.En arrêt de travail, Fatima se met à écrire en arabe ce qu'il ne lui a pas été possible de dire jusque-là en français à ses filles.