Fadma is an active Moroccan woman, a mother who, after the death of her husband, raised her two children alone: Ahmed is her pride and joy, having succeeded in France, and Karim is the eccentric artist who still lives with her. Sensing danger around her son Ahmed, she decides to visit him in France. And it's here that she discovers the problem of her granddaughter Julie-Aïcha, a teenager in search of her identity. Fadma and Julie-Aïcha discover a new shared passion.
Acting
Fadila Benmoussa carries every scene with warmth
Direction
El Maânouni's tender eye for cultural nuance
Writing
Grandmother-granddaughter banter that actually lands
Director
Ahmed El Maânouni
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
El Maânouni is a pioneer of Moroccan cinema, best known for 'Transes' (1981) about Nass El Ghiwane.
The film quietly inverts the typical immigrant narrative by sending the motherland to rescue the diaspora, not the reverse.
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