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Original name: HLM Pussy
English name: Sisterhood
Year: 2023
Run time: 100 Min
Language: French
Type (Colour/ Black & white): Colour
Country: France, Morocco
Director: Nora El Hourch
Producers: Philippe Gompel
Cast: Léah Aubert, Médina Diarra, Salma Takaline, Oscar Al Hafiane, Mounir Margoum, Bérénice Bejo
Screenplay: Nora El Hourch
Cinematographer: Maxence Lemonnier
Editor: Quentin Jourde d'Arzac
Sound Designer: Rémi Chanaud, Benjamin Lecuyer
Music Composer: Clément Tery
Production Company: Manny Films
World Sales: Memento International
Nora El Hourch is a French-Moroccan filmmaker. Her short film A Few Seconds (2015) screened at the Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes, and was also selected for the Toronto IFF. It won Best Short Film Award at Stockholm, Golden Pram at Zagreb and was also part of the programme at SXSW, In her films, Nora often portrays characters from minority background and tackles issues such as class inequality, injustice, and the role of women in society. Sisterhood (2023) is her debut feature film.
Fifteen-year-olds Amina, Djeneba, and Zineb have been an inseparable trio since childhood. When one of the girls is the victim of a predatory incident, an emboldened Amina posts a video of the assault on social media as a means of denouncing the assailant. The video unexpectedly goes viral, eliciting both widespread support and backlash from their community and the internet at large. Amina’s actions force a wedge into this formerly invincible friendship, shedding light on the divides in the girls’ race, class, and cultural privilege.
