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Summary Fatima-Zahra and her teenage son Selim move from place to place, forever trying to outrun the latest scandal she's caught up in. When Selim discovers the truth about their past, Fatima-Zahra vows to make a fresh start. In Tangier, new opportunities promise the legitimacy they each crave but not without pushing the volatile mother-son rel...

Directed By: Fyzal Boulifa

Written By: Fyzal Boulifa, Gabriel Gauchet, Rungano Nyoni

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The Damned Don't Cry

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 4 Critic Reviews
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Summary Fatima-Zahra and her teenage son Selim move from place to place, forever trying to outrun the latest scandal she's caught up in. When Selim discovers the truth about their past, Fatima-Zahra vows to make a fresh start. In Tangier, new opportunities promise the legitimacy they each crave but not without pushing the volatile mother-son rel...

Directed By: Fyzal Boulifa

Written By: Fyzal Boulifa, Gabriel Gauchet, Rungano Nyoni

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Feb 16, 2024
The Damned Don’t Cry is excellent, asking tough questions about society and morality without easy answers or neat conclusions. Non-actors populate the cast, performing terrifically, in one of many nods to the neorealist tradition out of which Pasolini’s film emerged.
By Adam Solomons FULL REVIEW
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Jul 17, 2023
Sharing its name with a 1950 Joan Crawford film, The Damned Don’t Cry has thematic resonance with its namesake as a study of women’s vulnerability in a patriarchal society and the criminalising of marginalised lives.
By Christopher Machell FULL REVIEW
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Jul 22, 2023
British-Moroccan filmmaker Fyzal Boulifa’s second feature borrows the title of this Crawford vehicle and retains its melodrama, only to portray an otherwise entirely distinct, compassionately-crafted survival tale.
By Marina Ashioti FULL REVIEW
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Jul 20, 2023
Life in The Damned Don’t Cry is brutally unfair, and Boulifa offers no easy answers. But thanks to the compassionate filmmaker and his two impressive leads, it’s a compelling watch.
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Production Company Vixens, Frakas Productions, Kasbah Films, Eurimages, L'Aide aux Cinémas du Monde, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Institut Français, Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Centre Cinématographique Marocain, Fonds Images de la Francophonie, Belga Productions, Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral Belge, Belga Films Fund
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Awards

FEST International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Festival International du Film Indépendant de Bordeaux (Fifib)
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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