"You have to dare to be rich." Netflix has debuted a trailer for a French film titled Divines, which won the Golden Camera (or Camera d'Or) at the Cannes Film Festival - the top prize for a first-time filmmaker. Uda Benyamina directs this coming-of-age film about a teen from the slum streets of Paris who meets a dancer that changes her life. Oulaya Amamra stars as Dounia, the girl at the center of the story, with Déborah Lukumuena, Kevin Mischel, Jisca Kalvanda, Yasin Houicha, Majdouline Idrissi & Bass Dhem. I always admire French coming-of-age films because they have contain a unique perspective on growing up that's different than what I'm used to, and there's always something to pick up. This looks like a great film. Here's the official Us trailer (+ poster) for Houda Benyamina's Divines, direct from Netflix's YouTube: The funny, suspenseful and often emotional drama tells the story of Dounia,...
- 10/5/2016
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Houda Benyamina made an auspicious debut at the Cannes Film Festival this year, winning the Camera d’Or (read: best first film) for “Divines.” That was enough to attract the attention of Netflix, who will make the film available to stream next month. Watch its first trailer below.
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While you’re here, avail yourself of the film’s official synopsis as well: “The funny, suspenseful and often emotional drama tells the story of Dounia, a tough, but naive teenager who sees getting rich or dying trying as her most viable option in life. Set in a ghetto near Paris where drugs and religion reign supreme, Dounia is hungry for her share of power and success. Enlisting the help of her best friend she decides to follow the footsteps of a respected and successful neighborhood dealer.
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While you’re here, avail yourself of the film’s official synopsis as well: “The funny, suspenseful and often emotional drama tells the story of Dounia, a tough, but naive teenager who sees getting rich or dying trying as her most viable option in life. Set in a ghetto near Paris where drugs and religion reign supreme, Dounia is hungry for her share of power and success. Enlisting the help of her best friend she decides to follow the footsteps of a respected and successful neighborhood dealer.
- 10/5/2016
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Netflix, in case it wasn’t already clear, wants to have something for everybody. So, if you dig Kevin James, they’ve got you covered. If you like prestige TV, they’re one of the leaders in the game. And if foreign cinema is more to your taste, next month the streaming service is delivering one of the more buzzworthy titles of this year’s Cannes Film Festival with “Divines.”
Winner of the Caméra d’Or, the film from Houda Benyamina stars Oulaya Amamra, Déborah Lukumuena, Kévin Mischel, Jisca Kalvanda, Yasin Houicha, and Majdouline Idrissi, and tells the story of Dounia, who wants to rise out of the Paris ghetto where she lives, but of course, best laid plans never quite turn out the way you expect.
Continue reading Teenagers Strive For Power & Success In New Trailer For Cannes Winner ‘Divines’ at The Playlist.
Winner of the Caméra d’Or, the film from Houda Benyamina stars Oulaya Amamra, Déborah Lukumuena, Kévin Mischel, Jisca Kalvanda, Yasin Houicha, and Majdouline Idrissi, and tells the story of Dounia, who wants to rise out of the Paris ghetto where she lives, but of course, best laid plans never quite turn out the way you expect.
Continue reading Teenagers Strive For Power & Success In New Trailer For Cannes Winner ‘Divines’ at The Playlist.
- 10/5/2016
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Name and focus changes for every section, which are now all competitive, resulting in the festival’s structure being “slimmer’.
The ninth Rome Film Festival (Oct 16-25) has revealed a diverse line-up including the Italian premieres for potential awards contenders including David Fincher’s Gone Girl. the world premiere of Takashi Miike’s As the Gods Will and Burhan Qurbani’s We are Young, We are Strong and European premiere of Oren Moverman’s Time Out of Mind, Toronto hit Still Alice and Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet.
This year for the first time the award-winners in each section of the programme will be decided by the audience on the basis of votes cast after the screenings.
Each section has changed name and focus for 2014 and are all competitive, resulting in the festival’s structure being “slimmer’.
Italian comedies Soap Opera and Andiamo a Quel Paese bookend the line-up.
Full line-up
Cinema D’Oggi
World premiere
• Angely...
The ninth Rome Film Festival (Oct 16-25) has revealed a diverse line-up including the Italian premieres for potential awards contenders including David Fincher’s Gone Girl. the world premiere of Takashi Miike’s As the Gods Will and Burhan Qurbani’s We are Young, We are Strong and European premiere of Oren Moverman’s Time Out of Mind, Toronto hit Still Alice and Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet.
This year for the first time the award-winners in each section of the programme will be decided by the audience on the basis of votes cast after the screenings.
Each section has changed name and focus for 2014 and are all competitive, resulting in the festival’s structure being “slimmer’.
Italian comedies Soap Opera and Andiamo a Quel Paese bookend the line-up.
Full line-up
Cinema D’Oggi
World premiere
• Angely...
- 9/29/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
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