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La Main de Fadma

2016 · 97 min

A gentle, culture-clash family comedy that feels like a warm hug, balancing light laughs with tender identity struggles.

Directed by: Ahmed El Maânouni
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Bernard Farcy, Jérémy Banster, Ahmed Boulane

Overview: Fadma is an active Moroccan woman, a mother who, after the death of her husband, raised her two children alone: Ahmed is her pride and joy, having succeeded in France, and Karim is the eccentric artist who still lives with her. Sensing danger around her son Ahmed, she decides to visit him in France. And it's here that she discovers the problem of her granddaughter Julie-Aïcha, a teenager in search of her identity. Fadma and Julie-Aïcha discover a new shared passion.

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Directed by: Ahmed El Maânouni
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Bernard Farcy, Jérémy Banster, Ahmed Boulane

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
identity
coming-of-age
parenthood
immigration
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	1
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Humour	6
Realism	7
Romance	2
Tension	3
Darkness	2
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: comedy
Directed by: Ahmed El Maânouni
Written by: Ahmed El Maânouni, Abdelfattah Arrom
Starring: Bernard Farcy, Jérémy Banster, Ahmed Boulane, Lucie Phan, Mouhcine Malzi, Fadila Benmoussa
Runtime: 97 min
Country: Morocco
Languages: Arabic, French

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