Director Souad El-Bouhati makes a solid debut with this heartfelt coming of age drama about an French-Moroccan girl with an identity crises. Actress Hafsia Herzi(The Secret of the Grain) gives another powerful performance as Sofia who's forced as a child to return to her parents native country but longs to return to France despite her family's wishes. A universal tale of generational conflict that affects children of immigrants all over the world. EL-Bouhati hits all the right notes and asks important questions of what makes a person's identity, your ethnic background or the culture you are born to. YRCinema's coverage of the San Francisco International Film Festival.
Friday, April 24, 2009
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Director Souad El-Bouhati makes a solid debut with this heartfelt coming of age drama about an French-Moroccan girl with an identity crises. Actress Hafsia Herzi(The Secret of the Grain) gives another powerful performance as Sofia who's forced as a child to return to her parents native country but longs to return to France despite her family's wishes. A universal tale of generational conflict that affects children of immigrants all over the world. EL-Bouhati hits all the right notes and asks important questions of what makes a person's identity, your ethnic background or the culture you are born to. YRCinema's coverage of the San Francisco International Film Festival.
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