Jeunesse (2017)
Trois visages de jeunes femmes : Asma, Hibo et Deka. Toutes trois fréquentent le même lycée, à Djibouti. Asma vient d'une famille pauvre mais sa mère rêve pour elle d'une carrière de médecin. Hibo est d'une famille aisée et habite dans les beaux quartiers. Deka est issue de la classe moyenne. Sa mère, divorcée, élève seule ses quatre enfants. Pour Deka, l'école passe au second plan. Elle fréquente un homme plus âgé qu'elle, Youssouf. Asma, Deka et Hibo adorent leur professeur de philosophie, Zahra qui donne l'impression d'une totale liberté de vie et de pensée. Certaines élèves sont habillées en hijab, d'autres en jean moulant ou en boubou traditionnel. La cour de récréation bourdonne de conversations en arabe, en somali, en afar, et en français…
Directeur: Lula Ali Ismaïl
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Amina Mohamed Ali as Deka |
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Tousmo Mouhoumed Mohamed as Asma |
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Bilan Samir Moubus as Hibo |
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Roukiya Doualeh as Hibado (Deka's mother) |
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Houriya Hassan as Hibado's neighbor |
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Hamadou Dabale as Imam |
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Mahado Omar Ismael as Young woman in prayer |
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Fatouma Bileh as Young woman in prayer |
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Mohammed Abdi Daher as Youssouf |
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Lula Ali Ismaïl as Professor |
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Chehem Seick Moussa as Îdriss |
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Wais Abdourahman Hassan as Zakaria |
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Roun Daher as Mariam (Asma's mother) |
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Moudan Said as Saraido (Asma's sister) |
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Maan Abdoulkader Omar as Sagal (Asma's sister) |
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Fatouma Mohamed Ismael as Simane (Asma's sister) |
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Osman Abdi as Abdi Osman (Asma's father) |
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Mohamed Ahmed Houssein as Houssein (The Controller) |
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Fardouza Moussa Egueh as Fatouma (Hibo's mother) |
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Moihsin Ali Ahmed as Aden (Hibo's father) |
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Deeq Abdoulkader Omar as Souleimane (Hibo's brother) |
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Asma Omar Salem as Sohane (Hibo's sister) |
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Anab Souleiman as Anab (The maid working for Hibo) |
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Houssein Karieh Elmi as Abdourahman (The Veteran) |
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Degan Souleiman as The maid working for Deka |
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Ahmed Said Mohamed as Abdillahi (Hibo's driver) |
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Mahado Osman Moussa as Librarian |
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Shoukri Ahmed as Little Girl (Afternoon Snack) |
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Nimheya Mahamoud as Little Girl (Afternoon Snack) |
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Ibrahim Ahmed as Guardian Abdourahman |
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Empress Deeqa as Singer |
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Nagat Idriss as Fighting Girl |
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Soumeya Omar as Fighting Girl |
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Marwa Osman as Fighting Girl |
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Mouna Abdi as Fighting Girl |
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Hafsa Abdi as Fighting Girl |
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Filsan Soufyan as Fighting Girl |
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Fahmi Guirreh Bouh as Deka's father |
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Neima Said Ali as Youssouf's wife |
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Hassan Ali as DJ |
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Manedek Mohamed Ali as Idil |
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Sitani Ahmed Ibrahim as Hibo's birthday friend |
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Abdek Idriss Youssouf as Nour |
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Halima Ali as Hibado's colleague |
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Cyril Decker as Rejean |
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Bahja Abdi Robleh as President of the Court of Appeal |
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Mohamed Omar Salem as Man at the Zoo |
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Yacin Abdillahi Houssein as Graffiti |
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Abdourachid Abdi Djama as The man who draws |
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Mohamed Abdourahman Abid as The voice that announces the Baccalaureate |
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Sultan Moussa Egueh as The voice that announces poetry |
| Directing | Lula Ali Ismaïl | Director |
| Writing | Lula Ali Ismaïl | Writer |
| Writing | Alexandra Ramniceanu | Writer |
| Camera | Jean Christophe Beauvallet | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Sylviane Gozin | Editor |