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La Petite Dernière – First-Look Review

Summary by Little White Lies

For all its big themes, there is a vagueness to Hafsia Herzi’s anecdotal character study about a 17-year-old named Fatima (Nadia Melliti in her first screen role). Adapted from Fatima Daas’s autofiction novel ‘The Last One’, published in 2020, there is much to admire in the tenderness that saturates depictions of the nude female form and in the euphoria pulsing through a handful of lesbian club scenes. It’s hard to shake the feeling elsewhere th…

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Liberation

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Cannes 2025: "La Petite Dernière", an All-Weather Heart

Adaptation of the eponymous novel of Fatima Daas, the luminous film by Hafsia Herzi, carried by the revelation Nadia Melliti, upsets by following the emancipation of a young lesbian Muslim.

1 day ago·Paris, France

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Le Monde

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Cannes 2025: "La Petite Dernière", Solar and School Portrait of a Young Lesbian Muslim

Hafsia Herzi's third feature film, with the revelation Nadia Melliti, whose first role in cinema, has the merit of addressing a rare subject in French cinema.

1 day ago·Paris, France

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Le Point.fr

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"La Petite Dernière" by Hafsia Herzi Gives a Kick at the Cannes Film Festival

For his third film as a director, Hafsia Herzi adapts a novel by Fatima Daas and takes it with all courages. And revele a debuting actress: Nadia Melliti.

1 day ago·Paris, France

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La Libre

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Cannes 2025, with "La Petite Dernier", Hafsia Herzi Signs a Magnificent Emancipation Story

Friday afternoon, the French woman entered the Cannoese Competition with her third feature film, featuring a young woman of Algerian origin who discovered her homosexuality. ...

2 days ago·Brussels, Belgium

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parismatch.com

Hafsia Herzi ("La Petite Dernier") : "My Mother Framed My Bachelor's Degree"

A small jewel of sensitivity and modesty, "La petite dernier" confirms the talent behind Hafsia Herzi's camera. Paris Match met her on the Croisette.

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varmatin.com

78th Cannes Film Festival: Becoming a Director, Hafsia Herzi Takes a Tender Look at "La Petite Dernier"

She was met in Cannes two years ago for Le Ravissement, by Iris Kaltenbäck. In this film presented at the Week of Criticism, she embodied an unsolved midwife, ready to steal her best friend's baby. In 2024, she was found on the poster by Borgo, by Stéphane Demoustier.

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