Love needs paperwork, bureaucracy needs God, and everyone needs therapy.
Leila is Moroccan, Mathieu is French. They made the decision to get married. The marriage approaches and they only miss one more document: the certificate of Leila's celibacy which will be delivered to them only if the young woman marries a Muslim. No choice, Mathieu has to be converted to Islam.
Writing
Brutal efficiency: every second lands.
Acting
Ouazani's eyes do eleven minutes of work.
Director
Benoît Martin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
France's 2004 'certificat de coutume' requirement still forces mixed couples through humiliating religious theater—this is essentially documentary.
Sabrina Ouazani improvised her silent reaction shot; Martin kept the take where she blinks exactly once.
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