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Nouha, a 16-year-old teenager, flees her broken home for the mountains, where she gradually undergoes an irreversible transformation.
Nouha, a 16-year-old teenager, lives in a close relationship with her mother. Her father reappears after a long absence, disturbing the balance of the household. Nouha spends time wandering in the streets on her scooter with a group of bikers lead by Amine and Omar, two teenagers with whom she escapes to the Atlas Mountains after she discovers her parents remarried behind her back. They drive by scooters to the heights of the Grand Atlas, and Nouha disguises herself as a boy to escape the attention of the conservative village. The group of teenagers live in a small house belonging to Omar’s uncle, spending their time between the river and the forest. Nouha then encounters supernatural forces that affect her reality as she goes through a spiritual transformation that has irreversible consequences on her body and soul.

Credits

Director
Rim Mejdi
Screenwriter
Rim Mejdi
Producer
Nabil Merrouch

About the Director

Rim Mejdi
Rim Mejdi is a Moroccan filmmaker based in Marrakech. She has directed and produced several short films. Her work has screened at Locarno, Cairo International Film Festival, Carthage, FIDMarseille and others. She is currently working on her first feature documentary while also producing films by other directors. Her work interrogates the politics of bodies and space—both public and private—in rela
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