Samia

Story

Synopsis

Samia is a teenage girl belonging to a family of Algerian Muslims who have settled in the southern French town of Marseilles. Although lured by the pleasures and opportunities that contemporary Western culture offers her, Samia is continually restrained by her family. Naturally, they expect her to follow their traditions to the letter and, for a woman, this means staying at home all day looking after their men folk. In the end, Samia has no option but to rebel against her family and find a new life for herself…

Director

Philippe Faucon

Writers

Soraya Nini, Philippe Faucon

Language

French

Country

France

Release date

15 November 2000

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Lynda Benahouda

  Samia

• Mohamed Chabane-Chaouche

  Yacine

• Kheira Oualhaci

  Halima, la mère

• Nadia El Koutei

  Amel, la grande soeur

• Yamina Amri

  La tante

• Lakhdar Smati

  Mohamed

• Farida Abdallah Hadj

  Farida

• Naïma Abdelhamid

  Naïma

• Amel Sahnoune

  Kathia

• 

  Marie Rivière

  La conseillère d'orientation