''Sofia'' is a 2018 Belgian
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
written and directed by
Meryem Benm'Barek-Aloïsi
Meryem Benm'Barek-Aloïsi is a Moroccan film director and screenwriter. She was a recipient of the 2017 Gan Foundation prize and a grant from the Doha Film Institute in 2017. Her feature film, ''Sofia'' won the best screenplay award at Cannes, ...
. It was screened in the
Un Certain Regard
(, meaning 'a certain glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob.
The section presents 20 films ...
section at the
2018 Cannes Film Festival
The 71st annual Cannes Film Festival was held from 8 to 19 May 2018. Australian actress Cate Blanchett acted as President of the Jury. The Japanese film '' Shoplifters'', directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, won the Palme d'Or.
Asghar Farhadi's psyc ...
.
At Cannes, Meryem Benm'Barek-Aloïsi won the Un Certain Regard Award for Best Screenplay.
Plot
The film takes place in
Casablanca, and it tells the story of a pregnant and unmarried young woman in her country, Morocco—where sexual relations out of wedlock are forbidden by law.
Cast
* Maha Alemi as Sofia
* Sarah Perles as Lena
*
Hamza Khafif
Hamza Khafif (), also known by the pseudonym TaSh36, is a Moroccan actor, poet, musician, and graphic artist from Casablanca, Morocco.
Name
TaSh36 is the pseudonym Khafif uses for his work as a graphic artist. "TaSh" refers to Tashelhit, the la ...
as Omar
*
Lubna Azabal
Lubna Azabal (born 15 August 1973) is a Belgian actress of Moroccan– Spanish descent.
Career
Azabal was born on 15 August 1973 in Brussels to a Moroccan father and a Spanish mother.[Faouzi Bensaïdi
Faouzi Bensaïdi ( ar, فوزي بن السعيدي; born 14 March 1967) is a Moroccan film director, actor, screenwriter and artist. His film '' A Thousand Months'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival. ...]
as Faouzi
* Nadia Benzakour as Fatiha
* Nadia Niazi as Zineb
* Ghita Fokri as Sanaa
References
External links
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2018 films
2018 drama films
Belgian drama films
2010s French-language films
French-language Belgian films
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