Country: France, Tunisia, Qatar
Year: 2025.
Runtime: 95′
Production: Maneki Films, Henia Production
Director: Erige Sehiri
Screenplay: Erige Sehiri, Anna Ciennik, Malika Cécile Louati
Producers: Didar Domehri, Erige Sehiri
Cinematography: Frida Marzouk
Art Director: Amel Rezgui
Editing: Nadia Ben Rachid
Costumes: Imen Khalledi
Sound: Aymen Laabidi, Alexis Jung, Simon Apostolou
Marie, an Ivorian pastor and former journalist, 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 a tense social climate, revealing both their fragility and strength.
Erige Sehiri is a French-Tunisian director, producer, and former journalist whose work bridges documentary realism and narrative cinema. Sehiri began her film career in documentary, directing the acclaimed Railway Men (2018), which captured the daily struggles of Tunisian railway workers. In 2022, she wrote, directed, and produced her first feature, Under the Fig Trees, an intimate portrait of youth, labour, and fleeting moments of connection set in a rural fig orchard. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and was selected to represent Tunisia at the 2023 Academy Awards. Promised Sky, her second feature film, premiered at Cannes Film Festival Official selection Un Certain Regard.
