Synopsis
The story of an immigrant woman struggling against old world traditions. Zouina leaves her homeland with her three children to join her husband in France, where he's been living for the past ten years. In a land and culture foreign to her, Zouina struggles against her mother-in-law's tyrannical hand and her husband's distrustful bitterness in an attempt to adjust to her life in exile.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
13 audience votes
Key crew
- Yamina BenguiguiWriter
- Yamina BenguiguiDirector
Cast
- Fejria DelibaZouina
- Doudja AchachiLa mère de Zouina
- Zinedine SoualemAhmed
- Rabia MokeddemAïcha, mother
- Amina AnnabiMalika
- Marie-France PisierManant
- Anass BehriAli
- Mathilde SeignerBriat
- Hamza DubuihRachid
- France DarryMrs. Donze (neighbor)
- Roger DumasMr. Donze (neighbor)
- Jalil LespertBus driver
Stills
Themes
immigrationwoman director