Shéhérazade

Shéhérazade

2018 · 106 min · FR · 7.3 (231 votes)
Dir. Jean-Bernard Marlin · Starring Dylan Robert, Kenza Fortas, Idir Azougli, Lisa Amedjout, Sofia Bent, Nabila Bounab
DramaThrillerRomance

Zachary, 17 years old, gets out of jail. Rejected by his mother, he hangs out in the mean streets of Marseille. He falls in love with Shéhérazade, a young prostitute of whom he becomes the pimp without realizing it...

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This film feels raw and unvarnished, like a fever dream of youthful desperation. It’s a visceral dive into the underbelly of Marseille, where dangerous desires and fleeting tenderness collide. The atmosphere is thick with a potent, unsettling energy.

grittysensualmelancholicdangeroussteadynaturalisticarthouseEuropean cinemacoming-of-agepovertysexualitylovesurvival
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