Honey Cigar

Cigare au miel

61st TIFF: Greek premiere

Selma, a 17-year-old French-Algerian girl of a secular family, lives in a posh Parisian neighborhood. When she falls for her classmate, Julien, while her parents are devising matchmaking plans, it dawns on her for the first time that patriarchy is far from absent in her life. A tale of sexual awakening, pulsating with teenage angst, that draws parallels between a young woman’s struggle for emancipation and the dismal political scenery in the early 90s Algeria.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Direction: Kamir Aïnouz

Script: Kamir Aïnouz

Cinematography: Jeanne Lapoirie

Editing: Albertine Lastera

Sound: Melissa Petitjean, Laurent Benaïm, Héléna Reveillere, Corinne Dubien

Music: Julie Roué

Actors: Zoé Adjani, Amira Casar, Lyes Salem, Louis Peres, Idir Chender

Production: Eliph Productions, Willow Films

Producers: Christine Rouxel, Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar

Co-production: Les films du Fleuve, Les Productions du Ch’timi, Les Films du Mirakle, M.D. Ciné

Sets: Angelo Zamparutti

Format: DCP

Color: Color

Production Country: France, Algeria, Belgium

Production Year: 2020

Duration: 100΄

Contact: Best Friend Forever

Kamir Aïnouz

Born in Paris of Algerian parents, Kamir Aïnouz lived for seven years in Los Angeles, where she studied Film Writing at UCLA and participated in various filmmaking workshops at USC School of Cinematic Arts. Sister of renowned Brazilian-Algerian director Karim Aïnouz, Kamir has been inspired by her dual Algerian and French culture. She has also worked as a screenwriter for cinema and television, notably on the US remake of Lol by Lisa Azuelos. Honey Cigar is her directorial debut.