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Populaire
Why this pick
A buoyant, stylized French romance driven by sparring personalities and an unconventional young woman refusing to fit expectations; its playful energy recalls Bahia’s irreverence.
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MOVIE2010 1h 40m FRA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
The film is semi-biographical, documenting the life of a young woman who uses sex as a weapon to influence right-wing individuals and conservative Muslims. Bahia Benmahmoud (Sara Forestier), a scatter-brained, Freethought, young left-wing activist, sleeps with her political opposites in order to manipulate them to her cause, until she finds her match in Arthur Martin (Jacques Gamblin).
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Sara Forestier
Bahia Benmahmoud
Jacques Gamblin
Arthur Martin
Zinedine Soualem
Mohamed Benmahmoud, le père de Bahia
Jacques Boudet
Lucien Martin, le père d'Arthur
Carole Franck
Cécile Benhmamoud, la mère de Bahia
Michèle Moretti
Annette Martin, la mère d'Arthur
Julia Vaidis-Bogard
Annette à 30 ans
Laura Genovino
Bahia Benmahmoud enfant