We are all Fatima Daas, we are all from the outskirts of town.

How difficult it is to externalize certain intimate feelings and thoughts. And how difficult it is also to translate these inner processes to the screen. It's not enough to simply show a character occasionally sitting on a bed in a bedroom, staring out the window with a questioning expression. For images to resonate with the viewers watching them (and those of The little daughter They have been a phenomenon in France, where they have dominated conversations beyond film circles) and must portray fragments of a life in which everyone feels represented. Is this the case with the life of Fatima Daas, the protagonist and author of the book on which this film is based?

The youngest of three sisters in a Franco-Algerian family living in the suburbs De Paris is a character in a constant process of reconstruction and internal debate. A practicing Muslim, she studies at university, plays soccer, travels by public transport, and her family doesn't know she's a lesbian. She's a girl of her time, of our time. But that present clashes with the identity that her family, her culture, and her religion demand of her. An impressionistic film about the classic existential doubts of late adolescence. The little daughter is similar to The life of Adèle by Abdellatif Kechiche (Hafsia Herzi appeared as an actress in Couscous(from the same director), perhaps not as impressive. But it is a very good example of the difficult decisions that anyone must make, weighing the dictates of the group against their individual will.