PIECES OF A FOREIGN LIFE
by Gaya Jiji
synopsis
Selma flees Syria, leaving behind a 6-year-old son and a husband who has vanished into the regime’s prison system. Once arrived in Bordeaux following a dangerous journey, she works endless hours off the books, whilst beginning a new battle for the right to asylum and to bring her son Rami over from Syria. Selma soon makes the acquaintance of a lawyer called Jérôme, and their subsequent relationship calls everything into question…
international title: | Pieces of a Foreign Life |
original title: | L’Étrangère |
country: | France, Belgium |
sales agent: | France tv Distribution |
year: | 2025 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Gaya Jiji |
film run: | 101' |
screenplay: | Gaya Jiji, Sarah Angelini, Agnès Feuvre, Mehdi Ben Attia |
cast: | Zar Amir, Alexis Manenti, Amr Waked, Megan Northam, Grégoire Monsaingeon |
cinematography by: | Antoine Héberlé |
film editing: | Anne Souriau |
art director: | Boris Piot |
costumes designer: | Charlotte Richard |
music: | Valentin Hadjadj |
producer: | Laurent Lavolé, Gilles Sacuto, Miléna Poylo |
production: | Gloria Films Production, TS Productions, France 3 Cinéma, Panache Productions |
distributor: | Tandem Films |