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  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 19 m
  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 19 m

Summary Fatima (Soria Zeroual) lives on her own with two daughters to support: 15-year old Souad, a teenager in revolt, and 18-year old Nesrine, who is starting medical school. Fatima speaks French poorly and is constantly frustrated by her daily interactions with her daughters. Her pride and joy, they are also a source of worry. To ensure the b...

Directed By: Philippe Faucon

Written By: Aziza Boudjellal, Mustapha Kharmoudi, Yasmina Nini-Faucon, Fatima Elayoubi, Philippe Faucon

  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 19 m
  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 19 m

Fatima

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Summary Fatima (Soria Zeroual) lives on her own with two daughters to support: 15-year old Souad, a teenager in revolt, and 18-year old Nesrine, who is starting medical school. Fatima speaks French poorly and is constantly frustrated by her daily interactions with her daughters. Her pride and joy, they are also a source of worry. To ensure the b...

Directed By: Philippe Faucon

Written By: Aziza Boudjellal, Mustapha Kharmoudi, Yasmina Nini-Faucon, Fatima Elayoubi, Philippe Faucon

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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67% Positive
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33% Mixed
3 Reviews
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90
Sep 15, 2016
Faucon, whose own grandparents came to France without speaking the language, has a gift for artfully removing the melodrama from potentially overheated situations, leaving behind a scenario that is honest, direct and dramatic without any sense of special pleading or situations pushed too hard.
By Kenneth Turan FULL REVIEW
80
Aug 25, 2016
If the movie, loosely based on two books by Fatima Elayoubi, tells a familiar story of immigrants struggling to make something of themselves in an alien culture (Fatima speaks some French but reads only Arabic), it does so in a tone that is kindhearted but clearheaded, and the performances are low-key and believable.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
75
Aug 31, 2016
Fatima inevitably falls into a catch-22: every time it presents an insightful new cultural situation, it starts to feel less like a film, and more like a series of richly detailed sketches.
By Michael Snydel FULL REVIEW
70
Aug 25, 2016
Faucon, obviously very fond of all his characters, carefully avoids the patterns that many genre films fall into.
By Dan Fainaru FULL REVIEW
67
Sep 16, 2016
Well-observed and unassuming as this film is, it glides along rather too blandly.
By Peter Rainer FULL REVIEW
50
Aug 25, 2016
Faucon has built his story around very gentle, glancing blows. But this is not the focused austerity of a Robert Bresson; the director’s level distance and jaded eye lead more to lifelessness than a revealing simplicity of expression.
By Bilge Ebiri FULL REVIEW
50
Aug 22, 2016
The film appears to have been devised to pander to the presumptions of Western, liberal viewers.
By Clayton Dillard FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Istiqlal Films, Arte France Cinéma, Rhône-Alpes Cinéma, Possibles Média, Pyramide Productions, ARTE, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Fonds Images de la Diversité, Région Rhône-Alpes, Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Agence Nationale pour la Cohésion Sociale et l'Egalité des Chances (ACSE), Société de Développement des Entreprises Culturelles (SODEC), Téléfilm Canada, Crédit d'Impôt Cinéma et Télévision, Crédit d'Impôt pour la Production Cinématographique ou Magnétoscopique Canadienne, Filmoption International, Société des Producteurs de Cinéma et de Télévision (Procirep), Tanit Films
Release Date Aug 26, 2016
Duration 1 h 19 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards

César Awards, France
• 3 Wins & 4 Nominations
Lumiere Awards, France
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
French Syndicate of Cinema Critics
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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