PAPICHA

By Mounia MEDDOUR

BTEAM PICTURES - as DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, SPAIN

Drama - Completed 2019


Festivals
& Awards

Festival de Cannes 2019
Un Certain Regard
Karlovy Vary IFF 2019
Horizons
    • Year of production
    • 2019
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • ALGERIA, FRANCE, BELGIUM, QATAR
    • Languages
    • ARABIC, FRENCH
    • Budget
    • 1 - 3 M$
    • Duration
    • 105 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Mounia MEDDOUR
    • Producer(s)
    • Xavier GENS (The Ink Connection), Gregoire GENSOLLEN (The Ink Connection), Patrick ANDRÉ (HIGH SEA), Belkacem HADJADJ
    • Synopsis
    • Algeria, 1990s.
      Nedjma, an 18 year-old student passionate about fashion design refuses to let the tragic events of the Algerian Civil War to keep her from experiencing a normal life and going out at night with her friend Wassila. As the social climate becomes more conservative, she rejects the new bans set by the radicals and decides to fight for her freedom and independence by putting up a fashion show.