Synopsis
In a cotton-farming village in Sudan, fifteen-year-old Nafisa learns about life and love under the watchful eye of her grandmother, the powerful village matriarch Al-Sit. But when the arrival of a young businessman from abroad threatens to disrupt their way of life with a new development plan, Nafisa suddenly finds herself at the center of a power play to determine the village’s future. Awakening to her own strength, Nafisa must negotiate between modernity and tradition in a defiant drive for personal choice. Neither she nor her community will ever be the same again.
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Production and distribution (3)
- Co-production : Maneki Films
- Foreign production companies : Strange Bird, Philistine Films, Jippie Film
- Film exports/foreign sales : Totem Films, STUDIOCANAL
Full credits (9)
- Director of photography : Frida Marzouk
- Music Composer : Amine Bouhafa
- Editors : Amparo Mejías, Simon Blasi, Frank Müller
- Sound Recordist : Emmanuel Zouki
- Costume designer : Simba Elmur
- Foreign producers : Caroline Daube, Annemarie Jacir, Ossama Bawardi
- Co-producer : Didar Domehri
- Production Designer : Pierre Glémet
- Sound mixer : Laure Arto
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Coproducer countries : Germany (69.25%), France (30.75%), Palestine
- Original French-language productions : No
- Nationality : Minority French (Germany, France, Palestine)
- Production year : 2025
- French release :
- Runtime : 1 h 33 min
- Current status :
- Visa number : 162.893
- Approval : Yes
- Color type : Color
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News & awards
Selections (6)
Awards (1)
Thessaloniki - International Film Festival
Greece, 2025
Best Feature Film Award “Golden Alexander - Theo Angelopoulos”
Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra : Amine Bouhafa
