Synopsis
2004 in Paris. A law bans religious symbols in public schools. Mariam aged fourteen. after a pilgrimage to Mecca with her grandmother, she has decided to wear the veil. Younes, her father ordered her to remove it to go to class but she resists. During those fateful days when she has to choose between being excluded from her school and to keep the veil, she agets closer to Karim, a Muslim boy of her age who she is in love with.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (11)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Bizibi
- Foreign production company : SilverGrey Pictures
Full credits (17)
- Executive Producer : Jérôme Bleitrach
- Assistant director : Florence Weyne Robert
- Sound Recordist : François Meynot
- Line Producer : Jérôme Bleitrach
- Screenwriter : Faiza Ambah
- Director of Photography : Tristan Tortuyaux
- Assistant Operator : Romain Wilhelm
- Camera Operator : Tristan Tortuyaux
- Production manager : Angélique Alves
- Editor : Antoine Rodet
- Sound Editor : Renaud Bajeux
- Continuity supervisor : Virginie Cheval
- Music Composer : Amine Bouhafa
- Production Designer : Thomas Ducos
- Costume designer : Joséphine Gracia
- Visual effects : Cédric Berthier, Jean-Sébastien Leroux
- Make-up Artist : Magalie Dumas
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Adolescence, Religion, Freedom
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France, Saudi Arabia
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Saudi Arabia)
- Production year : 2015
- Runtime : 44 min 23 seconds
- Visa number : 140.999
- Visa issue date : 22/05/2015
- Production formats : HD 2K
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
News & awards
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Awards (1)
Dubai International Film Festival
United Arab Emirates, 2015
Special Prize from the Muhr Arab Shorts Competition Jury
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