Mariam

Synopsis

The year is 2004. France has passed a law banning religious symbols in public schools. Mariam, born in France to Arab parents, recently began to wear the hijab after performing the hajj with her grandmother. At the start of the academic year, she pretends the new law does not exist, as she does not want to acknowledge it and so be forced to make a decision. To complicate matters, Karim, a popular young Arab boy in school, starts paying attention to her and she develops a powerful crush on him. While her fellow veiled classmates argue with teachers about their desire to keep wearing the hijab, and her parents argue about her wearing hers, Mariam dreams of Karim, despite her best friend Sophia’s warning that he is not serious. Things come to a head when the deadline for removing the hijab or facing expulsion falls the same week Mariam sees Karim with another girl.

Main Cast

Oulaya Amamra

Mariam

Age : 27 | Popularity : 5%

Lou Levy

Sophia

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Ahmed Hafiene

Le père

Age : 58 | Popularity : 3%

Louka Masset

Karim

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Soumaye Bocoum

Fatimata

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Fadila Belkebla

Mariam' Stepmother

Age : 50 | Popularity : 3%

Natalie Beder

The Teacher

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%

Ahmed Afiene

Mariam's Father

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Production	Producer	Jérôme Bleitrach
Camera	Director of Photography	Tristan Tortuyaux
Editing	Editor	Antoine Rodet
Directing	Director	Faizah Ambah
Writing	Writer	Faizah Ambah
Department	Role	Name

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