Farida Rahouadj

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Farida Rahouadj

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The virgin and child
1h 20m
Movie 2024

The virgin and child

Young Yazidi Kurd immigrant Avesta is seven months pregnant. Freshly escaped from the hellish underworld of ISIS, she has just one thought in mind: getting revenge on the man who forced her into slavery. When she arrives in Brussels, she locates and attacks members of his family in order to force him out of his ISIS-linked hiding and bring him before the courts. At the same time, Avesta finds sanctuary at a refugee centre in Brussels. Despite her post-traumatic mutism, she meets Yassemine, an interpreter of Kurdish origin who offers her support and tries to get her to talk. Yassemine helps Avesta take her first steps in Belgium and brings her to see Babette, a nurse in the city centre. The exam shows that her unborn baby is doing well, but horrible scars are revealed on Avesta's body.

Et toi, c’est pour quand ?
1h 30m
Movie 2022

Et toi, c’est pour quand ?

When her mother, her friends and her gynecologist ask her about her desire to have a child, Charlotte prefers to drown the fish. When Emily, a future client, confides in her about her infertility problems, Charlotte claims without thinking that she can't procreate either.

You Will Not Have My Hate
1h 42m
Movie 2022

You Will Not Have My Hate

The story of Antoine Leiris, who lost his beloved wife Hélène in the terrorist attack on the Paris "Bataclan". In a moving Facebook post, he counters the assassins' hatred with his love for his almost three-year-old son. And yet he seems to lose his footing in his grief.

Nobody's Hero
1h 40m
Movie 2022

Nobody's Hero

Clermont-Ferrand, central France. Médéric meets and falls in love with middle-aged sex worker Isadora, who is married. When the city center is the scene of a terrorist attack, Selim, a young, homeless guy, provokes a wave of paranoia by taking refuge in Médéric's building. Sympathizing with Selim, crazy about Isadora, Mederic's life suddenly turns into a mess.

Bigger Is Beautiful
1h 45m
Movie 2021

Bigger Is Beautiful

Isabelle and her niece Nina open a "fasting and detox" cure in the heart of Provence, with the help of Baptiste, a yogi and handyman, Jessica, a tantric masseuse, and Maxime, a seductive equine therapist. Among the first curists, four overweight teenagers sent by the town hall; Marion and Lio, her skinny sister who imposes the cure on her "for her own good"; and their friend Émilie who, having shed her extra kilos, discovers as soon as she arrives that her beloved husband is swooning in the arms of a man... who is clearly overweight!

Bigger Is Beautiful
1h 45m
Movie 2021

Bigger Is Beautiful

Isabelle and her niece Nina open a "fasting and detox" cure in the heart of Provence, with the help of Baptiste, a yogi and handyman, Jessica, a tantric masseuse, and Maxime, a seductive equine therapist. Among the first curists, four overweight teenagers sent by the town hall; Marion and Lio, her skinny sister who imposes the cure on her "for her own good"; and their friend Émilie who, having shed her extra kilos, discovers as soon as she arrives that her beloved husband is swooning in the arms of a man... who is clearly overweight!

Online Justice
1h 26m
Movie 2021

Online Justice

A man is caught in a storm of public rage when a 16-year-old girl mounts a social media campaign accusing him of murdering her father.

Online Justice
1h 26m
Movie 2021

Online Justice

A man is caught in a storm of public rage when a 16-year-old girl mounts a social media campaign accusing him of murdering her father.

Under the Stars of Paris
1h 26m
Movie 2021

Under the Stars of Paris

Christine’s life has not been easy lately. Her lonely routine is divided between free food banks distributions and wandering the streets. On a cold winter night she founds Suli, an 8-year-old Eritrean boy, sobbing in front of her shelter. Christine understands that he is lost and has been separated from his mother. Bounded by their marginal condition, they embark together on an emotional journey to find Suli’s mother in the underground world of Paris...

Gagarine
1h 35m
Movie 2020

Gagarine

Yuri, 16, has lived all his life in Gagarin Towers, a vast red-brick housing project on the outskirts of Paris. He dreams of becoming an astronaut. When plans to demolish Gagarin Towers leak out, Yuri joins the resistance. With his friends Diana and Houssam, he embarks on a mission to save their home, which has become his “starship.”