The Little Sister (2025)
- Original title
- La Petite Dernière
- Directed by
- Hafsia Herzi
- Genre
- drama film, coming-of-age film, lesbian-related film
- Country
- Germany, France
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Rated
- 14
- Rating
- 6.6 of 10 from 135 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
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The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young lesbian woman of Algerian descent living in Paris tries to navigate her faith and family expectations. She faces the tension between her identity and her traditional Muslim upbringing.
quietly intensetendermelancholicrestrainedintimatecontemplativehonestslow-burn
What happens
The Little Sister (French: La Petite Dernière, lit. 'The Little Last One') is a 2025 coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Hafsia Herzi. It is an adaptation of Fatima Daas's 2020 autofiction novel The Last One. It follows Fatima (Nadia Melliti) a young lesbian descendant of Algerian immigrants in Paris, who struggles to balance the expectations of her Muslim family. The supporting cast includes Park Ji-min, Louis Memmi, Mouna Soualem, and several non-professional actors. The film is a co-production between France and Germany. The film had its world premiere at the main competition of the 78th Cannes Film Festival on 16 May 2025, where it won the Queer Palm and the Best Actress prize. It was theatrically released in France on 22 October by Ad Vitam. It received seven nominations at the 51st César Awards, winning Best Female Revelation (for Nadia Melliti). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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