IMDb
6.6 /10
244 votes

Drama · 2000 · 1h 13min
Samia is a teenage girl belonging to a family of Algerian Muslims who have settled in the southern French town of Marseilles. Although lured by the pleasures and opportunities that contemporary Western culture offers her, Samia is continually restrained by her family. Naturally, they expect her to follow their traditions to the letter and, for a woman, this means staying at home all day looking after their men folk. In the end, Samia has no option but to rebel against her family and find a new life for herself…
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ARTE France Cinéma
Canal+
CNCIMDb
6.6 /10
244 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
The tomato isn't ripe
Metacritic took the day off
TMDB
5.8 /10
6 votes
Letterboxd
6.7 /10
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Weighted average
6.4/10
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