Petite Casbah

A gentle, sunlit animated coming-of-age story that balances warmth and danger as a girl finds her footing in a new city.

Created by

Alice Carré, Alice Zeniter

Genres

Animation, Action & adventure

Starring

Mhamed Arezki, Yacine Belhousse, Guillaume Bouchède

Overview

Algiers, June 1955. Khadidja has left Kabylie to join her older brother Malek in Algiers. On this first day in the city, and while waiting to be enrolled in school, she accompanies him to the market, where he has a small fruit and vegetable stall. But the day doesn’t go as planned: following an altercation with the police, Malek is arrested. Khadidja finds herself alone.

How it feels

Warm, earnest, tense and melancholic. Measured and easy to follow.

About

Coming-of-age, family, isolation, identity

Content

Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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