SOULA

سولا

By Salah ISSAAD

ISSAAD FILM PRODUCTIONS - as PROD / FIN

First film - Completed 2021

Soula, a young single mother, is rejected by her family in the name of honor. Trying to survive, she finds herself caught up in a spiral of violence. Along the roads of Algeria and through unfortunate encounters in a stunning journey, she heads towards her inevitable destiny.

    • Year of production
    • 2021
    • Genres
    • First film, Road movie, Drama
    • Countries
    • FRANCE, ALGERIA, ITALY, QATAR
    • Languages
    • ALGERIAN, FRENCH
    • Budget
    • 0.3 - 0.6 M$
    • Duration
    • 92 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Salah ISSAAD
    • Writer(s)
    • Salah ISSAAD , Soula BAHRI , Nicolas MONTAIGNE
    • Producer(s)
    • Salah ISSAAD (SALAH EDDINE ISSAAD (INDEPENDENT))
    • Synopsis
    • Soula, a young single mother, is rejected by her family in the name of honor. Having nowhere to go when her father throws her out of her home, she calls upon many friends and relatives for help. As she embarks on a tumultuous 24 hours long journey, Soula’s sole goal is to spare her baby daughter her pain and struggles. But everything and everyone around her represents a potential threat and the line is often blurry between those who want to help her and those who pull her further into a spiral of violence. From Batna to Annaba, the young woman hops from one car to another swaying in between moments of exhilarating relief and banality with friends and moments of great angst and solitude. Against a backdrop of soothing landscapes, in a dystopic yet breathtaking road trip, Soula heads towards her inevitable destiny.