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Honey Cigar (2020)
Directed by Kamir Aïnouz
Overview
Paris, 1993. Selma, 17, lives in a bourgeois and secular Berber family. When she meets and is strongly attracted to Julien, a dashing young man, she realizes for the first time the heavy rules of her patriarchal family and how they affect her intimacy. As Islamism takes over her country of origin and her family crumbles, Selma discovers the power of her own desire. She must resist and fight. Through the strength of her people, she starts walking down the path of what it means to become a free woman.
Length 96 minutes
Actors
Zoé Adjani | Amira Casar | Lyes Salem | Louis Peres | Idir Chender | Jud Bengana | Rym Takoucht | Fatima Hachache | Blu Di Martino | Zineddine Hamdouche