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  • Animalia
Genre : Fantasy
Type : Fiction
Original title : Parmi nous
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2022
Format : Feature
Running time : 91 (in minutes)

Heavily pregnant Itto looks forward to a day of peace and quiet when she gets her affluent household mostly to herself after her husband, Amine, goes away on business. She's quickly lost sight of her modest origins and has adapted to her new family's detached opulence. But when a mysterious state of emergency is declared nationwide, Itto struggles to find help; meanwhile, increasingly ominous events and strange weather phenomena suggest a supernatural presence is nearing. While frantically searching for a way back to Amine, Itto unexpectedly finds emancipation and the possibility of solace in a new world order.



Screenwriter Sofia Alaoui
Producer Margaux Lorier, Toufik Ayadi, Christophe Barral
Editor Héloïse Pelloquet
Music Amine Bouhafa
Director of Photography Noé Bach
Art Department Hafid Amly
Sound Editor Sébastien Savine
Costume Design Lydie Collin
Principal Cast - Oumaïma Barid, Mehdi Dehbi, Fouad Oughaou


Sundance Film Festival 2023: World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award: Creative Vision
> Jury citation: In this original story of a woman making her way through a living and breathing landscape, we experience a world turned upside down, of humans in collision with nature and an uncovering of supernatural forces. We were delighted to discover in Sofia Alaoui's first feature a subversive voice that tackles and interrogates the universe in what is ultimately a journey to simply discover oneself.

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