The Petroupolis Film Club will screen on Wednesday, 06/3, at 20:00 at the “Petroupolis” Cinema (Petroupolis Cultural Center, 59 Bouboulinas & Ath. Diakou), the film “Papicha” by Mounia Meddour.

As always, admission is free.

About the film

Algeria, 1997. The country is torn apart by civil war, pitting the authoritarian government against terrorist fundamentalist groups who wish to turn the country into a theocratic Islamic state.

In this stifling environment, women who refuse to comply with the endless list of prohibitions are subjected to violent attacks and persecution.

A young student, passionate about fashion, decides to rebel from her own perspective. She convinces the women attending her university to organize a fashion show, which takes on symbolic dimensions of resistance against obscurantism.

France, Algeria, Belgium, Qatar (2019) | Duration: 108′ | Directed by: Mounia Meddour | Cast: Lyna Khoudri, Shirine Boutella, Amira Hilda Douaouda, Zahra Doumandji, Yasin Houicha, Nadia Kaci, Meryem Medjkane