Summary Fatima, a strong-minded woman, is the lead masseuse of a hammam in Algiers. This is 1995 and the situation is tense in the capital. The day ahead promises to be hectic for all, and for Fatima in particular. Already, while walking to her place of work, she is the distant witness of a terrorist attack. At the hammam, Fatima should feel better, but the atmosphere proves electric in her small enclosed world, she has great difficulty in maintaining order. All the more as Meriem, a sixteen-year-old pregnant girl comes to take shelter at the hammam. And as irate brother, Mohamed, is after her to cleanse his honor in blood. View more details
Directed : Rayhana Obermeyer
Written : Rayhana Obermeyer
Stars : Hiam Abbass Fadila Belkebla Nadia Kaci Nassima Benchicou
Genres : Drama
Release date : Apr 25, 2017
Countries of origin : France Greece Algeria
Language : Arabic French
Filming locations : Hammam Baths of the Paradise, Egnatia Street, Thessaloniki, Greece
Production companies : Arte France Cinéma K.G. Productions Blonde Audiovisual Productions
Summary Fatima, a strong-minded woman, is the lead masseuse of a hammam in Algiers. This is 1995 and the situation is tense in the capital. The day ahead promises to be hectic for all, and for Fatima in particular. Already, while walking to her place of work, she is the distant witness of a terrorist attack. At the hammam, Fatima should feel better, but the atmosphere proves electric in her small enclosed world, she has great difficulty in maintaining order. All the more as Meriem, a sixteen-year-old pregnant girl comes to take shelter at the hammam. And as irate brother, Mohamed, is after her to cleanse his honor in blood. View more details
Genres : Drama
Release date : Apr 25, 2017
Countries of origin : France Greece Algeria
Language : Arabic French
Filming locations : Hammam Baths of the Paradise, Egnatia Street, Thessaloniki, Greece
Production companies : Arte France Cinéma K.G. Productions Blonde Audiovisual Productions
