Inch'Allah Dimanche (2001)

Original title

Inch'Allah dimanche

Directed by

Yamina Benguigui

Genre

drama film

Country

Algeria, France

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

14A

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 13 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An Algerian woman moves to France with her husband and mother-in-law in the 1970s. She endures isolation and harsh treatment at home while trying to find her own freedom.

intimaterestrainedmelancholicslow-burnpoignantobservationalgrounded

What happens

Inch'Allah Dimanche (Arabic: إن شاء الله الأحد, romanized: Inna Shāʼa Allāh al-Aḥad, English: Sunday God Willing) is a 2001 French/Algerian film written and directed by Yamina Benguigui. It is the director's first feature-length fiction film, and the story is centred around the life of an Algerian immigrant woman in France. The film won a number of awards, including the FIPRESCI Prize at the Toronto International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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