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Samia (2000)

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Samia (Lynda Benahouda), an Algerian teenager, has immigrated with her large family to the Southern French town of Marseilles, where she must cope on a daily basis with both racism and her family's own restrictions on her personal freedom. She gets a particularly hard time from her older brother ,Yacine (Mohamed Chaouch), who has decided to make himself the unwelcome -- and violent -- protector of Samia's moral and physical virtue. Yacine grows even more unreasonable after Samia's father is

Unrated, 1 hr. 14 min.

Drama

Directed By: Phillippe Faucon

Written By: Philippe Faucon, Soraya Nini

In Theaters: Mar 1, 2001 Limited

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A bracing lesson in the limits of cultural assimilation and mutual comprehension.

December 21, 2001 Comment

Leighton Klein

Boston Globe

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There was nothing fresh or particularly interesting in this human interest drama, but at least it was sincere and moving and unpretentious.

November 14, 2003 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

The girls are actual teenagers, one of whom is about to have her first baby. The men are real immigrant laborers, and the weary-looking mom is in fact a mother of eight. Their natural, anguished and passionate performances are astounding.

March 11, 2003 Full Review Source: Offoffoff

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Joshua Tanzer

Offoffoff

Though not very original, this unpretentious, well-intentioned drama from Phillippe Faucon deals with its potentially difficult subject seriously, honestly and even handedly.

November 7, 2001 Full Review Source: Eye for Film

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Keith H. Brown

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