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Divines

  • 2016
  • 12
  • 1h 45m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
11K
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Oulaya Amamra and Déborah Lukumuena in Divines (2016)
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A street teenager from a dysfunctional family from a banlieue (HLMs) in Paris comes across a young dancer who turns her life upside down.A street teenager from a dysfunctional family from a banlieue (HLMs) in Paris comes across a young dancer who turns her life upside down.A street teenager from a dysfunctional family from a banlieue (HLMs) in Paris comes across a young dancer who turns her life upside down.

  • Director
    • Houda Benyamina
  • Writers
    • Houda Benyamina
    • Romain Compingt
    • Malik Rumeau
  • Stars
    • Oulaya Amamra
    • Déborah Lukumuena
    • Kévin Mischel
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.3/10
    11K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Houda Benyamina
    • Writers
      • Houda Benyamina
      • Romain Compingt
      • Malik Rumeau
    • Stars
      • Oulaya Amamra
      • Déborah Lukumuena
      • Kévin Mischel
    • 28User reviews
    • 42Critic reviews
    • 71Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 16 wins & 13 nominations total

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    Oulaya Amamra
    Oulaya Amamra
    • Dounia
    Déborah Lukumuena
    Déborah Lukumuena
    • Maimouna
    Kévin Mischel
    • Djigui
    • (as Kevin Mishel)
    Jisca Kalvanda
    Jisca Kalvanda
    • Rebecca
    Yasin Houicha
    • Samir
    Majdouline Idrissi
    Majdouline Idrissi
    • Myriam, la mère
    Bass Dhem
    Bass Dhem
    • Monsieur Camara
    Mounir Margoum
    • Cassandra
    Farid Larbi
    Farid Larbi
    • Reda
    Maryama Soumare
    • Madame Camara
    • (as Mariama Soumaré)
    Wilfried Romoli
    • Rachid
    Tania Dessources
    • Madame Labutte
    Mounir Amamra
    • Gars cité
    Samir Zrouki
    • Gervais
    • (as Samir Zbrouki)
    Mohamed Ourdache
    • Agent de sécurité
    Garba Tounkara
    • Collègue Djigui
    Hana Savané
    • Jisca
    Charif Ounnoughene
    • Pote Reda
    • Director
      • Houda Benyamina
    • Writers
      • Houda Benyamina
      • Romain Compingt
      • Malik Rumeau
    • All cast & crew
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    User reviews28

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    9TheRedLippedReviewer

    Don't let the IMDb blurb fool you

    This is not a boy-meets-girl story. This is a heart-wrenching and breathtaking story, with some of the best acting I've seen all year. An unparalleled coming of age tale full of beauty and sadness and truth. This is worth every single minute and then some. An absolute must watch-- you won't regret it.
    6rohitsetia

    bourgeoisie!

    Selling drugs, hoping to get rich, stealing, fighting, and romance, there are a lot of movies made on this theme. Nothing new here just a different context and location.
    9nick94965

    Real emotion bottled and presented in a distilled form

    This is one very affecting movie, a type of film that fills you with a sense of real people feeling real emotions --nothing is fake, all the characters and all their needs are as real and painful as it gets. And just as in life, nothing is resolved in a satisfying ending.

    The lead actress is one very ambitious young lady, Oulaya Amamra, who will make her mark on cinematic history soon, but you might want to catch her in her early stage to see how she progresses quickly to Meryl Streep (or at least Jennifer Lawrence) status. Her character's name is Dounia, and she is a daughter of the town slut in a Roma (Gypsy) camp.

    Her best friend, Maimounia, a black girl, daughter of a Muslim priest, is as lovable as they come. The two of them conspire to become rich. Even though they achieve the goal, it eludes them in a way that is completely unfair, yet realistic. There is no simple resolution, and therefore, the film is just like life: it is completely and utterly unfair.

    Although the plot seems simple, it is extremely more complex and a summary of the action doesn't do justice to the story. Dounia has a love-hate relationship with a male dancer that takes too much away from the rest of the film, and the scenes of the dancer are way over long and unnecessary, but thankfully it is the relationship that she has with her best female friend that is the true heart of the film.

    To say more would detract from one's enjoyment of the twists and turns that ensue during the course of the film. Rest assured, you will be glad you spent time in the company of the actresses and the female director of this very impressive film.
    ersbel

    A broken promise

    The director, like the main character, wants success. And she did it. Only by opening the door out not the door in. She got the big prize. And that is about it. The bureaucratic machine has eaten her whole. Don't get me wrong. I hope I am wrong.

    I have seen comments about the rush ending. The ending is not rushed. It is a natural consequence. And the whole script is made following a opera or simple drama. Only both classical drama and the opera are the ways white Europeans see as the highest refinement in entertainment. The film was made to please the eyes and the minds of old f*rts that fill the juries and the commissions that are specialized in turning the taxpayer money into alms for those who know how to please.

    There are social statements, but they are void and not offensive, like the small exercise in accountancy at the beginning: "how much you make? 1000€? The rent is 800. Pay the food and at the end of the month you have nothing." It is true. It is said. Yet it says nothing about the system. Police brutality is never touched. And the final confrontation with the cops is a ballet rehearsal.

    I have loved how expressive and full of life Oulaya Amamra can be. But her character has a split personality. In a country where when you can boil an egg on the asphalt the women still wear a bra and two tank tops, she can go to a club with no bra and a generous cleavage. She can in one scene have a hard time coping with the promiscuity of her mother pointing out her decision to fight that, and in another scene go lure a violent man with sex.

    In the end there is no story. What does the character want? That's easy. Money. But money to do what? And here is where the director-writer fails. All these are stock characters from television. The youngster with no future. The girls who sell a vagina hoping for the better. The opportunist drug peddler. The unfit mother who god forbid has sex with more than her lawfully given husband and does not read books on parenting. All these are silhouettes on TV. And the story is not on screen but in the white old man's mind, the one who handles the taxpayer money. Sure, there are drugs in the movie. But these are only a device. The stereotype of the easy money. The drugs are not escapism from the ugly world outside, as there is no ugly world outside. The high rise building is only the backdrop to remind the viewer of the 5 o'clock news.

    It could have been a 100 minutes story on a budget with only Oulaya Amamra, Déborah Lukumuena and Jisca Kalvanda. Without state money it could have been done precisely a decade ago when the director's association was made. But that association is another way to make a living dancing with the state and tearing the stories apart while moving from place to place to please white old men in power. Of course Cannes wouldn't have looked at such films. But who knows? In that dreamt reality 2016 would have been the production year of a third or even a fourth feature movie on a budget.

    Yamina Benguigui has started much better. Stronger films, more accessible stories. And today she is yet another bureaucrat managing other people's money. She has more than one boss and she has to please to receive the money she hands down. Her last work was for TV and that was 7 years ago. And she is not the only one eaten by the machine.

    A sad broken story made into a ladder.

    Contact me with Questions, Comments or Suggestions ryitfork @ bitmail.ch
    10cinephiley

    Must see

    I go to the cinema to laugh, cry, hate, feel. This what "Divines" provided me. Actresses can be describe with only one word: Amazing. I didn't expect anything special seeing this movie and what a slap in the face. A wonderful pleasure, the kind of cinema I haven't seen for a decade. I felt so many emotions. I was among the character and not on a sit. Divines is magic and Divines was the movie that deserved an Oscar for 2017. A must see, you won't regret it. This movie is all about friendship and has nothing to do with Paris' Suburb. The suburb is only a decor. A detail. All actresses and actors did an amazing job.£ Thank you Houda, the film maker for making us such a beautiful movie.

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    James Gandolfini, Edie Falco, Sharon Angela, Max Casella, Dan Grimaldi, Joe Perrino, Donna Pescow, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Tony Sirico, and Michael Drayer in Les Soprano (1999)
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    Mahershala Ali and Alex R. Hibbert in Moonlight (2016)
    Drama

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    • Trivia
      Oulaya Amamra is director Houda Benyamina's little sister.
    • Connections
      References Hot Fuzz (2007)
    • Soundtracks
      Nisi dominus, RV 608: Cum Dederit Dilectis Suis
      Composed by Antonio Vivaldi

      by Jakub Burzynski & La Tempesta

      © 2016 Easy Tiger

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    • Release date
      • August 31, 2016 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • France
      • Qatar
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • 街頭聖女
    • Filming locations
      • Paris, France
    • Production companies
      • Easy Tiger
      • France 2 Cinéma
      • France Télévisions
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    • Budget
      • €2,440,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $2,297,612
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 45m(105 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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