Sofia

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Sofia

2018

1h 20m

Drama

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73%

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Sofia is about to give birth, but she must provide the father's identity papers or risk going to jail. Her two cousins set out on a frantic search to find him.

Cath Clarke

Guardian

What a clear-eyed and pitiless film this is...

Rated: 3/5

Apr 19, 2021

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Kathleen Sachs

Chicago Reader

Compelling by virtue of its insight into the struggles faced by women and impoverished people in other parts of the world, the film is also a sad reminder that those same people are often the ones responsible for drawing attention to those injustices.

Oct 10, 2018

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Jay Weissberg

Variety

This admirably mordant film deserves to travel widely on the festival circuit as well as art houses beyond its Francophone countries of origin.

May 25, 2018

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Sucheta Chakraborty

CineVue

There is a lot more than what meets the eye initially in Benm'Barek-Aloïsi's film, which slowly and delicately teases out the nuances in the relations between the classes.

Rated: 3/5

May 22, 2019

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Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

Each of the performances is unapologetic and raw, never sweetening anything for the viewer.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 7, 2019

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Tom Bond

One Room With A View

It's rare to leave the cinema wishing a 90-minute film was longer, but Meryem Benm'Barek's Sofia shows enough promise to demand a more substantial story.

Rated: 4/5

Feb 12, 2019

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perfect, emotional, sensitive.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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Very engaging story, it's dirty, sad, and troubling. Characters, except the main, are so real that it almost hurts, Sofia herself somtimes acts out of character, irrational almost, but considering her condition, is that really a problem?

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

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Synopsis

Sofia is about to give birth, but she must provide the father's identity papers or risk going to jail. Her two cousins set out on a frantic search to find him.

Director: Meryem Benm'Barek
Producer: Olivier Delbosc, Olivier Bronckart, Jacques-Henri Bronckart
Screenwriter: Meryem Benm'Barek
Production Co: Curiosa Films, Mont Fleuri Production, Versus Production
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Arabic
Runtime: 1h 20m
Sound Mix: Digital 5.1
Aspect Ratio: Digital 2.39:1