Amel and her family learn that their landlord wants to get his apartment back in a few months. While Mouna, her eldest daughter, begins to have visions of Charles Martel, and their request for new social housing drags on, Amel has no choice but to reinvent herself.
Acting
Jordana's exhausted brilliance carries every scene.
Direction
Labidi balances social realism with wild hallucinations.
Writing
Dialogue that snaps between tender and savage.
Director
Manele Labidi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Camélia Jordana, a former Nouvelle Star contestant, trained specifically for the roller-skating scene where Amel briefly escapes reality.
Charles Martel's appearance resonates with France's ongoing debates about national identity and who 'belongs'—the film slyly reclaims him for a Franco-Algerian family.
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