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In Tunis, three Ivorian women from different generations—a pastor, a resourceful businesswoman, and a student—live together in a house that doubles as a church.
Marie, an ivorian former journalist and pastor, has lived in Tunisia for ten years. Her home becomes a refuge for Naney, a young mother seeking a better future, and Jolie, a strong-willed student carrying her family’s hopes. The arrival of a little orphan girl challenges their sense of solidarity in tense social climate, revealing both their fragility and strength.

Credits

Director
Erige Sehiri
Screenwriter
Erige Sehiri, Anna Ciennick
Producer
Didar Domehri, Erige Sehiri
Production Company
Maneki Films, Henia Production

About the Director

Erige Sehiri
Erige Sehiri is a French-Tunisian director and producer. A former journalist, she began her film career making documentaries. Particularly sensitive to the world of work, she places workers with invisible destinies at the heart of her films. After her first short film, 'My Father’s Facebook', co-produced by the ARTE channel, she made an acclaimed feature-length documentary, 'Railway Men' (2018), r
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