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The Day I Became a Woman
Why this pick
Like Papicha, it follows women asserting autonomy against restrictive social rules, using intimate, resilient stories rather than speeches to make resistance feel immediate.
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MOVIE2019 1h 45m FRA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Papicha
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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Under the Shadow
Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
During the 1990s in Algeria, terrorists desire an Islamic and archaic state. Women are deeply oppressed and an 18-year-old student, who is passionate about fashion design refuses to let the tragic events of the Algerian Civil War to keep her from experiencing a normal life and going out at night with her friend Wassila. However, as the social climate becomes more conservative, she rejects the new bans set by the radicals and decides to fight for her freedom and independence by putting on a fashion show.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Lyna Khoudri
Nedjma
Shirine Boutella
Wassila
Amira Hilda Douaouda
Samira
Yasin Houicha
Mehdi
Nadia Kaci
Madame Kamissi
Meriem Medjkane
Linda
Samir El Hakim
Mokhtar
Khaled Benaïssa
Abdellah