When her mother forbids her from biting her nails, Sarah must now abide by rules she does not fully understand.

When her mother forbids her from biting her nails, Sarah must now abide by rules she does not fully understand. By regaining control over her actions and projected image, Sarah slowly redefines her attitude towards herself and others.

Credits

Director

Meriem Mesraoua

Screenwriter

Meriem Mesraoua

Producer

François D'Artemare

About the Director

Meriem Mesraoua

Meriem Mesraoua's work explores issues of identity and power dynamics. In 2020, her short film 'Under Her Skin' premiered at the Venice Film Festival. Meriem is currently developing her first feature film.<br />

Producers

François Artemare

François d’Artemare established the Portuguese film company Filmes do Tejo in 1996, and now runs a library of more than 70 titles. Among them, films by Margarida Cardoso, Serge Trefaut, Inês de Medeiros and João Salaviza. He produced, with the Paris-based company Les Films de l’Après-Midi he founded in 2001, the three feature films by Manoel de Oliveira—’Christopher Colombus, The Enigma’ (2007), ‘Eccentricities of a Blonde-haired Girl’ (2009), and ‘The Strange Case of Angelica’ (2010).

Contacts

Doha Film Institute

Initiatives

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