Rotten Tomatoes
Cancel Movies Tv shows RT App News Showtimes

Honey Cigar

Play trailer Poster for Honey Cigar 2020 1h 40m Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist Tomatometer Popcornmeter
67% Tomatometer 6 Reviews Popcornmeter Fewer than 50 Ratings
A French Algerian teenager falls for a new classmate, while her mother tries to set her up with other suitors.

Critics Reviews

View More
Jay Weissberg Variety 09/20/2020
The film too often falls back on paper-thin characterizations that trip up the director's ambitious attempt to give equal voice to a mélange of weighty personal and political issues. Go to Full Review Boyd van Hoeij The Hollywood Reporter 09/08/2020
[A] well-acted and intimate tale... Go to Full Review Joseph Fahim Middle East Eye 08/06/2021
At 100 minutes, Honey Cigar, feels truncated. Relationships are suddenly cut short and resumed with insufficient conviction; while plenty of the unfolding action is rushed and never given room to breathe Go to Full Review Amber Wilkinson Eye for Film 04/20/2021
3.5/5
Aïnouz is at her best in the moment with Selma, whether it's when she's lost in erotic thought at the beach, during first go at sex or gazing at herself in the mirror. Go to Full Review Felipe Rodríguez Torres Caimán Cuadernos de Cine 11/12/2020
[Director Kamir] Ainouz knows how to convey some truly dramatic changes [while] avoiding sensationalisms that enable the evolution and maturity of his main character. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Sarah Ward Screen International 09/05/2020
A film with a wonderfully personal and frank perspective. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
Honey Cigar

My Rating

Read More Read Less POST RATING WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW

Cast & Crew

View All

Kamir Aïnouz

Director

Zoé Adjani

Selma

Amira Casar

La mère

Lyès Salem

Le père

Louis Peres

Julien

Idir Chender

Luka Toumi

More Like This

View All
Suzanna Andler 50% % Suzanna Andler Watchlist Skies of Lebanon 91% 67% Skies of Lebanon Watchlist Sin La Habana 90% % Sin La Habana Watchlist La Civil 85% 80% La Civil Watchlist TRAILER for La Civil A Season in France 92% 60% A Season in France Watchlist Discover more movies and TV shows. View More
View All

Honey Cigar

Honey Cigar (2020) View more photos

Movie Info

Synopsis A French Algerian teenager falls for a new classmate, while her mother tries to set her up with other suitors.
Director
Kamir Aïnouz
Producer
Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar, Christine Rouxel
Screenwriter
Kamir Aïnouz
Production Co
Les Films du Mirakle , La Région Île-de-France, Commissariat Général à l'Égalité des Territoires (CGET), Les Productions du Ch'timi, Les Films du Fleuve, SG Image 2018, A Plus Image Développement 7, OCS, Fonds Images de la Diversité, Willow Films, M.D. Ciné, Indéfilms 8, Agence Nationale de Gestion des Oeuvres Audiovisuelles (ANGOA), Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral Belge, Casa Kafka Pictures Movie Tax Shelter Empowered by Belfius, Eliph Productions, Centre National du Cinéma et de L'image Animée
Genre
Drama
Original Language
French (France)
Runtime
1h 40m