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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

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