Certifiée Halal (2015)
Directed by Mahmoud Zemmouri

Comedy
aka: Certified Halal

Film Synopsis

In a remote village of the Maghreb in northwest Africa, two wedding convoys converge on the small building of a religious leader.  In the ensuing confusion, the families mix up the brides, who are veiled identically.   Sultana, a local woman, and Kenza, a young French woman forced into marriage by her bother, decide to rebel, each in her own way, against the traditions of their people...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Mahmoud Zemmouri
  • Script written by: Marie-Laurence Attias, Mahmoud Zemmouri
  • Cinematography by: Bernard Vervoort
  • Cast: Hafsia Herzi (Kenza Boukamache), Smaïn (Aziz Boukamache), Mourade Zeguendi (Chérif Boukamache), Nadia Kounda (Sultana), Fatima Hellilou (Khadra), Abdelhamid Gouri (Hadj Achour), Omar Taïri (Attalah), Lamri Kouane (Bounaâdja), Chaba Yasmina (Cheikha 'Bouraâda' la chanteuse), Jicey Carina
  • Country: France / Belgium / Algeria
  • Language: Arabic / French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 85 min
  • Aka: Certified Halal

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