''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-g ...
written and directed by
Meryem Benm'Barek-Aloïsi. 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 w ...
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 psycho ...
.
At Cannes, Meryem Benm'Barek-Aloïsi won the Un Certain Regard Award for Best Screenplay.
Plot
The film takes place in
Casablanca
Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...
, 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
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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 lan ...
as Omar
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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.
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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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