At the 35th Haifa International Film Festival, a movie by Michela Occhipinti, with Verida Beitta Ahmed Deiche, Amal Saad Bouh Oumar, Aichetou Abdallahi Najim, Sidi Mohamed Chinghaly, Aminetou Souleimane.
Verida is a modern girl. She works in a beauty salon, is addicted to social media and hangs out with her friends. Still, Verida is engaged to be married to a man chosen by her family and, like many girls her age, she is forced to gain a substantial amount of weight in a tradition called gavage. In Mauritania, having a voluptuous body is considered a sign of great beauty, charm, wealth and social status.
- Michela Occhipinti’s narrative feature debut follows the struggle of a young woman to find an identity for herself.
Feature Debut
In Hassaniyya Arabic and French, with Hebrew & English subtitles.
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Saturday, October 12, 2019, at 20:00
Tikotin Museum, Auditorium Raphael
Shderot HaNassì 89