Inspired by the true story of rising photographer Leila Alaoui, the film follows her family as they confront her absence, in an intimate journey of love, faith, and resilience.
Synopsis
The French-Moroccan Alaoui family is preparing for a holiday reunion in their Marrakech home, eagerly awaiting the arrival of their daughter and sister, Leila. Their fragile balance is shattered when they learn she has been seriously injured while on assignment as a photographer in Burkina Faso. Cut off from her yet determined to bring her home, they struggle against the void her absence threatens to leave behind.
Details
Fellipe Barbosa (Casa Grande - Rotterdam 2014, Gabriel and The Mountain – Cannes Critics'Week 2017, Domingo - Venice Days 2018)
Roschdy Zem (13 days, 13 nights – Cannes Out of Competition)
Marina Foïs (The Richest Woman in the World - Cannes Out of Competition)
Sayyid El Alami (And Their Children After Them - Venice Competition)
Oulaya Amamra (Smoking Causes Coughing - Cannes Midnight Screening)
Françoise Lebrun (Father, Mother, Sister, Brother - Venice Golden Lion)
Nina Zem (Our Ties – Venice Competition)
Damned Films (Gabriel And The Mountain - Cannes Critics' Week 2017, Anatomy of Time - Venice Orizonti Competition)
Migdal Filmes, Lion Production
co prod. Kleber Mendonça Filho & Emilie Lesclaux — CinemaScópio
France, Brazil, Morocco
Drama
French, Arabic, English
TBC
Worldwide excl. France (Condor Films) & Brazil
