CUTIES

| 2020 – 96′ – Drama
Written by: Maïmouna Doucouré, Alice Winocour, Valentine Milville, Nathalie Saugeon.
Directed by: Maïmouna Doucouré.
Starring: Fathia Youssouf, Medina El Aidi, Esther Gohourou, Ilanah, Myriam Hamma, Demba Diaw, Maïmouna Gueye, Therese M’Bissine Diop.
Official Selection Berlin International Film Festival 2020, Sundance Film Festival 2020 (Winner Directing Award), Rendez-Vous With French Cinema 2020. César Award Winner for Best Promising Actress (Fathia Youssouf).
In French with English subtitles.
A Netflix release. |

Amy, 11 years old, is a Senegalese-French girl with a traditional Muslim upbringing who is caught between traditional Muslim values and Internet culture when she joins a twerking dance crew, a group  called “Cuties”. Fascinated, she initiates herself to a sensual dance, hoping to join their band and escape family dysfunction.

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