Halima

A stark, quiet immersion in one woman's daily endurance, heavy with loss and quiet defiance, asking patience and rewarding it with raw, unsentimental resilience.

Directed by

Yassine el Idrissi

Genres

Drama

Starring

Khadija Amari, Rabii EL Fakih, Nacer Mdaghri

Overview

Halima lives on Morocco’s coast and makes a living by gathering and selling mussels. An unknown phone call brings her long-buried past back to light. After her husband passed away, Halima stayed alone in their old house in the mountains. The land is undergoing drastic changes, leaving her home, livelihood and sense of belonging all precarious. Grief, hardship and displacement follow one after another. Though fate knocks her down time and again, she never surrenders.A former photojournalist, the director captures this one-woman battle with stark cinematography. Free from grand outcries, the film lays bare her everyday resilience. Amid constant flux and loss, this woman stands firm, striving to carve out her own place in the world.

How it feels

Melancholic, bleak, earnest and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Grief, isolation, survival, identity

Content

Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.

Note

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