Icarus Films: Sisterhood

Sisterhood

From The Distrib Films Collection

Directed by Nora El Hourch

101 minutes / Color
French / English subtitles
Release: 2025
Copyright: 2023

Despite their different social backgrounds, Amina, Djeneba, and Zineb have been friends for as long as they can remember. When Zineb experiences harassment from her brother’s best friend, Amina decides to post a compromising video of him on social media, hoping he will stop. Little does she know that the video will not only jeopardize her safety, but also threaten their close-knit friendship.

Torn between her sense of social justice and the desire to save her friendship with Djeneba and Zineb, Amina will have to rethink her own place in the world. A poignantly contemporary film about a generation of young women growing up in the wake of the #MeToo movement, Nora El Hourch’s Sisterhood demonstrates that growing up is anything but easy.

“Nora El Hourch studies this environment without preconceptions and accurately transcribes the language of the suburbs: the exchanges are realistic, the phrasing credible. The harshness of the statements is surprising, even intentionally shocking the viewer. The three actresses, Leah Aubert, Médina Diarra, and Salma Takaline, share an on-screen chemistry that is palpable.” —L’Humanité

“A successful debut film that serves as an ode to friendship.” —Le Figaro

“A hopeful debut film that tells a story of sisterhood beyond social boundaries. It reminds us that feminism without class struggle and anti-racism is not feminism.” —Marie Claire

“A fiercely feminist and passionate story.” —Le Dauphiné Libéré