Dolls and Angels (2008)
The father of a family of North African immigrants living on a Paris housing estate finds it hard to impose his will on his two teenage daughters. Lya, 17, and Chirine, 18, respond to their father’s bouts of violence by rebelling in the same way as most French adolescents. When Chirine is offered work as a model, she jumps at the chance, but soon realizes she may be about to fall into the prostitution racket...
Director:
Nora Hamdi
Writer:
Nora Hamdi
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Leïla Bekhti as Lya |
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Karina Testa as Chirine |
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Samy Naceri as Le père |
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Samuel Le Bihan as Simon |
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Fejria Deliba as La mère |
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Léa Seydoux as Gisèle |
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Gianni Giardinelli as Alex |
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Aurelia Crebessegues as Angel |
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Théo Frilet as Mikaël |
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Alice Mesnil as Marie |
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Nina Mélo as Vanessa |
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Dalla Serradj as Inès |
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Jean-Louis Tribes as M. Picaux |
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Yves Espargilière as Le maître dea lieux |
| Writing | Nora Hamdi | Screenplay |
| Writing | Nora Hamdi | Novel |
| Directing | Nora Hamdi | Director |
| Crew | Victor Dupuis | Video Assist Operator |
| Sound | Charles Autrand | Dialogue Editor |
| Editing | Sophie Delecourt | Editor |
| Production | Jean-François Lepetit | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Frédérique Ney | Key Makeup Artist |
| Art | Dominique Treibert | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Valérie Guégan | Costume Design |
| Sound | Salim Amrani | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Patrick Egreteau | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Yves Levêque | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Liza Guenoun | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Hubert Teissedre | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Géraldine Lemaire | Hairstylist |
| Camera | Jean-Louis Vialard | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Emmanuel Croset | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Production | Stéphanie Téchenet | Casting |