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Nedjma, an 18-year-old student passionate about fashion design refuses to let the tragic events of the Algerian Civil War keep her from experiencing a normal life. As the social climate becomes more conservative, she rejects the new bans set by the radicals and decides to put on a fashion show.
Countries:
FR
Languages:
Arabic, English, French
Runtime:
1hrs 48min
Status:
Released
Release date:
2019-10-09
Release format:
Streaming
— Feb 27, 2020
The future is feminine, even if the theocracy doesn't know it yet.
_Papicha_ is set in Algiers, Algeria in the 90s when fundamentalism was on the rise and there was increasing pressure for women to be unseen and not heard.
In an all-female university, one young woman fights back through fashion, the only tool she has. While the story here holds no surprises, I will always support these protest shouts from women who refuse to be relegated, especially when those cries are so passionate, lyrical, and **loud**.