The Little Sister — Hafsia Herzi [Cannes '25 Review]

The actress Hafsia Herzi has already climbed the steps more than once when she was led by Mihaileanu, Bonello and Kechiche. But it is well as a director that she was expected on the red carpet this year. Adaptation of the eponymous self-fiction of Fatima Daas, The little last reveals the inner struggle of a Muslim teenager increasingly attracted to women. From the suburbs to the faculty of philosophy, the girl questions the dead angles of Islam …

The Little Sister — Hafsia Herzi [Cannes '25 Review]

Actor-turned-filmmakers seem to be the highlight of the 2025 edition of Cannes, but Official Competition newcomer Hafsia Herzi — already with two feature films under her belt — clearly plays in a different league. In the literal sense, too, as the Dickinson-Johannsson-Stewart trio has been given lovely and encouraging spots in the Un Certain Regard [...] The post The Little Sister — Hafsia Herzi [Cannes ’25 Review] appeared first on In Review On…

With La Petite Dernière, Hafsia Herzi signs an upsetting film about identity, between faith and desire, in the line of Abdelatif Kechiche. A portrait