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Plot Summary
Aïcha is a troubled teenage girl who cannot forgive her mother for kicking out the stepfather she adored. Aïcha longs for him to come back and take her away. When she meets Baz, a man twice her age, it’s love at first sight for her; the real kind, the one that hurts. Baz wants to help this lost little girl, but she wants much more from him, and is ready to do anything to get it.
Festivals and Awards
Festival du Film Francophone d’Angoulême, France, August 2017
Zurich Film Festival, Switzerland, September 2017
Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada, September 2017
* Winner: Vancouver Women in Film and Television Artistic Merit Award
Festival du film francophone de Namur, Belgium, September 2017
Carrousel international du film de Rimouski, October 2017
* Winner: Special Mention – Prix Carrousel Bell Média pour le meilleur long métrage adolescent
Mill Valley Film Festival, USA, October 2017
FilmFest Hamburg, Germany, October 2017
Rome Film Festival – Alice in the City, Italy, October 2017
Festival International Du Film Francophone Tuebingen, Germany, November 2017
* Winner: Prix de la Jeunesse (Youth Award)
Canadian Film Festival in Madrid, Spain, January 2018
Journées du Film Francophone, Hungary , February 2018