Poster Fatima

Title: Fatima

Original Title: Fatima

Year: 2015

Info

Plot

Philippe Faucon directs this film about a harsh reality that in recent times is happening in many countries. Fatima is a woman who has immigrated to France with the intention to give a better future for her daughters. She lives alone with her daughters, Souad, a teenage rebel of fifteen years and Nesrine, a young woman who just started the university of Medicine. Fatima will encounter various obstacles in her life, including the language. With a very poor French, every day is a new mission to communicate with her daughters. Working as a cleaning woman for many hours, she suffers a fall down the stairs having to ask for a license to recover. During this time, Fatima start writing her daughters in Arabic everything that she couldn't be expressed in French.

Cast

Director:

Philippe Faucon Philippe Faucon

Videos

'Fatima' French Trailer 5:47

'Fatima' French Trailer

February 27 2016

Photos

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Trivia

'Fatima' was the winner of three Cesar awards, including Best Picture.

Fatima Elayoubi's novels are based in her own experience as maid and immigrant woman.

Producer Fabienne Vonnier came to Philippe Faucon with the project but unfortunately died before work started.

Soundtrack from 'Fatima'

Osez Joséphine

Compuesta por

Jean Fauque Alain Bashung Alain Bashung

Interpretada por

Alain Bashung

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