2015·Drama·1h 19m
7.0
★
Fatima, an Algerian-born woman who now lives in France with her two teenage daughters, with whom she is barely able to communicate.
Directed by Philippe Faucon
medical school
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Cast
Soria Zeroual
Fatima
Zita Hanrot
Nesrine
Kenza Noah Aïche
Souad
Chawki Amari
The Father
Dalila Bencherif
Leila
Edith Saulnier
Séverine
Mehdi Senoussi
Souad's EPS teacher
Franck Andrieux
Fatima's attending physician
Yolanda Mpele
Sali, Fatima's colleague
Rachid Yous
The Guy on the Train
Isabelle Candelier
Fatima's employer
Nathalie Richard
Souad's main teacher
Crew
Philippe Faucon
Director
Philippe Faucon
Writer
Philippe Faucon
Producer
Serge Noël
Producer
Popular Reviews
11 reviews
Kenza
7.0★ · 10/16/25
J’ai tlm adorer être une des seules à direct comprendre la langue sans sous-titres dans la classe j’adore le privilège
J’ai tlm adorer être une des seules à direct comprendre la langue sans sous-titres dans la classe j’adore le privilège
Hajare
7.0★ · 02/21/25
dommage la fille qui joue souad juste elle récitait un texte ça a tout gâché MAIS FATIMA TU MÉRITES LE MONDE
dommage la fille qui joue souad juste elle récitait un texte ça a tout gâché MAIS FATIMA TU MÉRITES LE MONDE
Henry Germ
3.9★ · 11/20/22
Fatima is a very straightforward drama dealing with social issues of immigration in France. It doesn’t do much more beyond that but the performances are decent and the writing is pretty solid.
Fatima is a very straightforward drama dealing with social issues of immigration in France. It doesn’t do much more beyond that but the performances are decent and the writing is pretty solid.
azuucar
watched for class.
Fatima’s household is only one in title. all three of those that lived there spend more time outside of its walls than within, with Nesrine moved for university, Souad at school and with her friends in the streets, and Fatima working long hours. they all have individual plans and schedules, the result of tirelessly carving out the life they had each imagined when moving to France. but all roads, even those foreign, eventually lead home. Fatima’s divorced husband still checks in on Nesrines and Souad, Fatima and Souad clash at home, and Nesrine welcomes Fatima to her new apartment bringing food and comfort. distance and strange customs cannot shake what lies at the center of each family member's life: each other.
and some people in class were talking about the ending, but i thought ending of the movie was a good place to leave it, as it gave Nesrine and her family a concrete victory to move forward along. throughout the movie, Fatima, Nesrine, and Souad are always struggling to hold onto their place in France, working long hours and selling jewelry to make rent, studying tirelessly to make sure she could stay in school. but like Fatima’s husband helped build some of the structures in France, Nesrine’s accomplishment is something earned, something concrete that nobody can take away from them. it cements her, and by extension her family’s, place in France as people with roots and responsibilities that finally tether them to a once foreign land.
Fatima’s household is only one in title. all three of those that lived there spend more time outside of its walls than within, with Nesrine moved for university, Souad at school and with her friends in the streets, and Fatima working long hours. they all have individual plans and schedules, the result of tirelessly carving out the life they had each imagined when moving to France. but all roads, even those foreign, eventually lead home. Fatima’s divorced husband still checks in on Nesrines and Souad, Fatima and Souad clash at home, and Nesrine welcomes Fatima to her new apartment bringing food and comfort. distance and strange customs cannot shake what lies at the center of each family member's life: each other.
and some people in class were talking about the ending, but i thought ending of the movie was a good place to leave it, as it gave Nesrine and her family a concrete victory to move forward along. throughout the movie, Fatima, Nesrine, and Souad are always struggling to hold onto their place in France, working long hours and selling jewelry to make rent, studying tirelessly to make sure she could stay in school. but like Fatima’s husband helped build some of the structures in France, Nesrine’s accomplishment is something earned, something concrete that nobody can take away from them. it cements her, and by extension her family’s, place in France as people with roots and responsibilities that finally tether them to a once foreign land.
watched for class.
Fatima’s household is only one in title. all three of those that lived there spend more time outside of its walls than within, with Nesrine moved for university, Souad at school and with her friends in the streets, and Fatima working long hours. they all have individual plans and schedules, the result of tirelessly carving out the life they had each imagined when moving to France. but all roads, even those foreign, eventually lead home. Fatima’s divorced husband still checks in on Nesrines and Souad, Fatima and Souad clash at home, and Nesrine welcomes Fatima to her new apartment bringing food and comfort. distance and strange customs cannot shake what lies at the center of each family member's life: each other.
and some people in class were talking about the ending, but i thought ending of the movie was a good place to leave it, as it gave Nesrine and her family a concrete victory to move forward along. throughout the movie, Fatima, Nesrine, and Souad are always struggling to hold onto their place in France, working long hours and selling jewelry to make rent, studying tirelessly to make sure she could stay in school. but like Fatima’s husband helped build some of the structures in France, Nesrine’s accomplishment is something earned, something concrete that nobody can take away from them. it cements her, and by extension her family’s, place in France as people with roots and responsibilities that finally tether them to a once foreign land.
Fatima’s household is only one in title. all three of those that lived there spend more time outside of its walls than within, with Nesrine moved for university, Souad at school and with her friends in the streets, and Fatima working long hours. they all have individual plans and schedules, the result of tirelessly carving out the life they had each imagined when moving to France. but all roads, even those foreign, eventually lead home. Fatima’s divorced husband still checks in on Nesrines and Souad, Fatima and Souad clash at home, and Nesrine welcomes Fatima to her new apartment bringing food and comfort. distance and strange customs cannot shake what lies at the center of each family member's life: each other.
and some people in class were talking about the ending, but i thought ending of the movie was a good place to leave it, as it gave Nesrine and her family a concrete victory to move forward along. throughout the movie, Fatima, Nesrine, and Souad are always struggling to hold onto their place in France, working long hours and selling jewelry to make rent, studying tirelessly to make sure she could stay in school. but like Fatima’s husband helped build some of the structures in France, Nesrine’s accomplishment is something earned, something concrete that nobody can take away from them. it cements her, and by extension her family’s, place in France as people with roots and responsibilities that finally tether them to a once foreign land.
Sr.devuelta
7.0★ · 06/06/16
Una mirada generacional a la Francia de la inmigración tan sobria como agradable, a pesar de todo el poso dramático. Una película que se lo juega todo en el protagonismo de su actriz no profesional y que sobre todo destaca por su inteligente uso de la elipsis, capaz de concentrar un año de vida en prácticamente 80 minutos.
Una mirada generacional a la Francia de la inmigración tan sobria como agradable, a pesar de todo el poso dramático. Una película que se lo juega todo en el protagonismo de su actriz no profesional y que sobre todo destaca por su inteligente uso de la elipsis, capaz de concentrar un año de vida en prácticamente 80 minutos.