2018 · drama · feminist · social
Sofia
Directed by Meryem Benm'Barek-Aloïsi1h 20m2018
Sofia, 20, lives with her parents in Casablanca. Suffering from pregnancy denial, she finds herself breaking the law by giving birth to a baby out of wedlock. The hospital gives her 24 hours to provide the father's papers before informing the authorities…
Our read: Sofia (2018) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · feminist · social entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / feminist, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
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