Cannes 2026: "The Strawberries" by Laila Marrakchi, the Struggle of Moroccan Women in the Spanish Greenhouses
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"Show me your hands." The first scene of "The Strawberries", by Moroccan director Laila Marrakchi, encourages us to read in the lines of one hand. She belongs to Hasna, a beating woman, part of her country and ready to do anything to ensure a better future for her son. But picking strawberries in the greenhouses in the south of Spain, under a stifling heat, will be more than a sacrifice. Here, everything is paid cash, money as the acts. Intervie…
Laïla Marrakchi's "Strawberries" - Cannes 2026 Film Review
Nisrin Erradi gives a performance that can't be overlooked in playing someone who often is as a farm worker who can't break a vicious cycle. The post Cannes 2026 Review: Laïla Marrakchi’s Moving Drama “Strawberries” Exposes the Bitter Seeds of an Inequitable System appeared first on The Moveable Fest.
Presented in Cannes in the section "Un Certain Regard", La Más Dulce by the Franco-Moroccan director Laaila Marrakchi follows two Moroccan workers who work in the Spanish greenhouses. The film deals with the economic exploitation, violence and precariousness of migrant seasonal workers. Under the light greenhouses of southern Spain, strawberries become in La Más Dulce the symbol of a much darker reality. Presented at the Cannes Film Festival in …
It was one of the jewels of the Un Certain Regard section. A powerful film about women working in the greenhouses in Spain, "The Strawberries" upset the Croisette. Paris Match met Laïla Marrakchi and Nisrin Erradi.
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