Samia
Produced in 1999

Film Information
Festival Edition 2001 - Edition 5
Section Panorama
Director Philippe Faucon
Country France
Duration 73 min
Language Original Language
Category Panorama 2001
Producer Humbert Balsan
Screenplay Philippe Faucon, Soraya Nini
Cast Lyndal Behalhoudi, Mohamed Chaouch, Kheira Oualhaci, Lakhdar Smaïl, Nadia El Koutti
Genre Drama
Synopsis
Living near Marseille, Samia is the sixth of an immigrant Algerian family, which has a strict approach to the education of girls. She lives her teenage years at the same time as the family rejects her eldest sister, Amel, when her brothers discover that she is seeing a man from a different culture. Samia is also bound to transgress barriers. Her rebellious energy is harnessed to seize the few opportunities which will allow her to decide how she will live her life.