Papicha

Drama – France, Algeria – 2019 – 105′ – 1.77 – 5.1
In French and Arabic with English Subtitles

Synopsis

Algeria, 1990s. Nedjma (Lyna Khoudri starring in Wes Anderson’s upcoming ‘The French Dispatch’), an 18 year-old student passionate about fashion design refuses to let the tragic events of the Algerian Civil War to keep her from experiencing a normal life and going out at night with her friend Wassila. As the social climate becomes more conservative, she rejects the new bans set by the radicals and decides to fight for her freedom and independence by putting on a fashion show.

Directed by

Mounia Meddour

Cast

LYNA KHOUDRI, SHIRINE BOUTELLA, AMIRA HILDA DOUAOUDA, ZAHRA DOUMANDJI, YASIN HOUICHA, NADIA KACI, MERYEM MEDJKANE

Crew

Director: Mounia Meddour
Screenplay Mounia Meddour, Fadette Drouard Assistant Directors Benjamin Gens, Rachid Bacha Director of Photography Leo Lefevre Sound Guilhem Donzel Editor Damien Keyeux Music Rob

Reactions

“The emotions are there in every claustrophobic camera angle, in thriller-tinged scenes that show female self-expression being denied and muffled both by enemies and so-called friends.”— Screen International

“HARROWING”— Hollywood Reporter

“BURSTING WITH ENERGY”— Variety 

Awards and Fests

Festival de Cannes 2019 – Un Certain Regard
Algeria’s official submission for the Best International Feature Film category at the Academy Awards
El Gouna Film Festival 2019 – Best Arab Film
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2019 – Horizons

Virtual Cinema Bookings

Theater
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Start date
Film@Lincoln Center
New York
NY
5/29/2020
Laemmle Virtual Cinema
Los Angeles
CA
5/29/2020
Cafe Cinematheque International
Boca Raton
FL
5/29/2020
Metropolitan Theatres
Los Angeles
CA
5/29/2020
Fort Lauderdale Film Festival
Fort Lauderdale
FL
5/29/2020
Gold Coast Art Center
Great Neck
NY
5/29/2020
North Bend Theatre
North Bend
OR
5/29/2020
Darkside Cinema
Corvallis
CO
5/29/2020
Gene Siskel Film Center
Chicago
IL
5/29/2020
Crandell Theater
Chatham
NY
5/29/2020
AlamoDrafthouse Winchester
Winchester
VA
5/29/2020
MSP Film Society
Minneapolis
MN
5/29/2020
Kiggins Theatre
Vancouver
WA
5/29/2020
Corazon Cinema and Cafe
St Augustine
FL
5/29/2020
Park Plaza Cinema
Hilton Head Island
SC
5/29/2020
Savoy Theatre
Montpellier
VT
5/29/2020
International FIlm Showcase
Orinda
CA
5/29/2020
Princeton Garden theater
Princeton
NJ
5/29/2020
Hiway Theater
Jenkintown
PA
5/29/2020
County theater
Doyleston
PA
5/29/2020
Ambler Theater
Ambler
PA
5/29/2020

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