FATIMA
synopsis
Fatima is a single mother with two daughters, Souad, a rebellious fifteen-year-old, and Nesrine, an eighteen-year-old who has just started medical studies. Fatima has a poor command of French, which causes her much frustration in her daily interaction with her daughters, both of whom are her pride and joy, driving force, and also the reason for many worries. In order to provide them with the best possible future, Fatima works shifts as a cleaning lady. One day, she falls down a staircase. Unable to work, Fatima starts writing down in Arabic everything that it has been impossible for her to say until then in French to her daughters.
international title: | Fatima |
original title: | Fatima |
country: | France |
sales agent: | Pyramide International |
year: | 2015 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Philippe Faucon |
film run: | 79' |
release date: | FR 7/10/2015, ES 3/06/2016 |
screenplay: | Philippe Faucon |
cast: | Zita Hanrot, Mehdi Senoussi, Yolanda Mpele |
cinematography by: | Laurent Fenart |
film editing: | Sophie Mandonnet |
costumes designer: | Nezha Rahile |
producer: | Yasmina Nini-Faucon, Philippe Faucon |
co-producer: | Olivier Père |
production: | Istiqlal Films, ARTE France Cinéma, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma |
backing: | Pyramide Productions, Arte France, Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC), Fonds Images de la Diversité, Région Rhône-Alpes, Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Agence Nationale pour la Cohésion Sociale et l'Egalité des Chances (ACSE), Société de Développement des Entreprises Culturelles (SODEC) (CA), Téléfilm Canada (CA) |
distributor: | Pyramide Distribution, Surtsey Films |