Striking newcomer Nadia Melliti plays a French-Algerian teen struggling to reconcile her cultural identity with her emerging sexuality in this low-key Cannes competition entry. Sensitive and ...
“The Little Sister,” which marks the third feature film helmed by Herzi, tells the coming-of-age story about a French-Algerian teenager exploring her sexuality while navigating her Muslim faith. The ...
Fatima Daas, trans. from the French by Lara Vergnaud. Other Press, $15.99 trade paper (192p) ISBN 978-1-63542-184-2 French writer Daas debuts with a frank and fervent work of autofiction about a woman ...
EXCLUSIVE: It has been a year of firsts for French actress and director Hafsia Herzi. In February, she became the first French artist of North African ancestry to win Best Actress in the 50th edition ...
The production team are keeping the finer details of the cast under wraps. Written by the director, who is loosely basing her work upon Fatima Daas ’ novel of the same name, the story of The Last One ...