PREMIÈRE INTERNATIONALE / INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE
SISTERS
SOEURS
Director
Yamina Benguigui
Cast
Isabelle Adjani, Rachida Brakni, Maïwenn
Producer
Bandits Cinéma, Elemiah
Screenwriter
Yamina Benguigui
Distributor
StudioCanal
For thirty years, three French-Algerian sisters, Zorah, Nohra and Djamila, have lived in hope of finding their brother Rheda, kidnapped by their father and hidden in Algeria. When they learn that their father is dying, they decide to travel together to meet up with him in the hope that he will reveal to them the whereabouts of their brother. So begins for Zorah and her sisters a race against the clock in an Algeria where winds of revolution are rising and statues of founding fathers are falling…
CINEMANIA’s opinion :
The grand return of the filmmaker Yamina Benguigui, who most recently held the position of Minister of the Republic of France responsible for the Francophonie. The director of INCH’ALLAH SUNDAY (2001) tells her story and that of her father, a militant separatist of the FLN who was under house arrest in Saint-Quentin. The film, shot in part in Algiers, Oran and Constantine, showcases a multitude of French actresses of Algerian origin in the image of Isabelle Adjani (QUEEN MARGOT, THE WORLD IS YOURS), Maïwenn (POLISS, MY KING), Hafsia Herzi (YOU DESERVE A LOVER) and Rachida Brakni (NEUILLY YO MAMA!). This moving quest for identity delicately evokes the relationship between one’s country of origin and one’s host country, questions of rootedness, integration and freedom of expression.
CINEMANIA’s opinion :
The grand return of the filmmaker Yamina Benguigui, who most recently held the position of Minister of the Republic of France responsible for the Francophonie. The director of INCH’ALLAH SUNDAY (2001) tells her story and that of her father, a militant separatist of the FLN who was under house arrest in Saint-Quentin. The film, shot in part in Algiers, Oran and Constantine, showcases a multitude of French actresses of Algerian origin in the image of Isabelle Adjani (QUEEN MARGOT, THE WORLD IS YOURS), Maïwenn (POLISS, MY KING), Hafsia Herzi (YOU DESERVE A LOVER) and Rachida Brakni (NEUILLY YO MAMA!). This moving quest for identity delicately evokes the relationship between one’s country of origin and one’s host country, questions of rootedness, integration and freedom of expression.
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