In Paris, Clara, psycho motor therapist, and Ismaël, music teacher, have been lovers for four years. Happy, the couple are expecting their first child and decide to move in together. But the news is not well received by their respective families because Clara is Jewish and Ishmael a Muslim. Although not practicing, this difference will gradually sow trouble in their love life.
Acting
Cécile de France and Zem's lived-in chemistry feels authentically exhausted-in-love.
Writing
Dialogue that captures how 'not religious' people still weaponize religion.
Director
Roschdy Zem
Cécile de France
Clara Breitmann
Roschdy Zem
Ismaël
Pascal Elbé
Milou
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Victor Breitmann
Leïla Bekhti
Mounia
Abdelhafid Metalsi
Karim
Naima Lamcharki
Habiba
Bérangère Bonvoisin
Martha
Martine Chevallier
Lucie Breitmann
Antoine Chappey
Fredo
David Elmaleh
Doctor Blondel
Jean-Claude Frissung
Mr. Collina, Ismaël's student
André Oumansky
Albert
Farida Ouchani
Habiba's neighbor
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during rising tensions in France's banlieues, the film deliberately avoids political specificity to focus on intimate domestic conflict.
Director Roschdy Zem cast himself as Ismaël after struggling to find an Arab actor willing to play a character who abandons his family; the role was considered 'too passive' by many he approached.
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