SOFIA
synopsis
Casablanca. While at lunch with her family, Sofia experiences violent stomach cramps. Her cousin Lena, a medical student, quickly examines her. Suddenly, water starts running down Sofia’s thighs: she’s about to give birth. Sofia is in pregnancy denial. Using a trip to the pharmacy as a pretext, Lena takes Sofia to the hospital. With the arrival of the baby, the two cousins, who have nothing in common, go off into the night on a desperate search to find the child’s father and convince him to legally recognize the baby.
original title: | Sofia |
country: | France, Belgium, Qatar |
sales agent: | Be for Films |
year: | 2018 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Meryem Benm'Barek |
film run: | 80' |
release date: | FR 5/09/2018, PL 23/11/2018, ES 8/02/2019, GR 21/02/2019, IT 14/03/2019, NL 4/04/2019 |
screenplay: | Meryem Benm'Barek |
cast: | Sara Elmhamdi Elalaoui, Sarah Perles, Hamza Khafif, Lubna Azabal, Faouzi Bensaïdi, Nadia Niazi, Rawia |
cinematography by: | Son Doan |
film editing: | Céline Perreard |
producer: | Olivier Delbosc |
executive producer: | Saïd Hamich Benlarbi |
production: | Curiosa Films, Versus Production |
backing: | Cinémage 12 (FR), Canal+ (FR), Ciné+ (FR), CNC (FR), Doha Film Institute (QA), La Fondation Gan pour le Cinéma (FR), Inver Tax Shelter (FR), Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral Belge (BE) |
distributor: | Memento Distribution, Best Film, Segarra Films, One from the Heart, Cineclub Internazionale Distribuzione, Contact Film Cinematheek |