Gaya Jiji, Director of "The Foreigner": "The Films that Deal with Exile Always Feature Men"
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Slate.frThe second feature film by filmmaker Gaya Jiji accompanies a Syrian woman's career in France without reducing her to a pre-established role. Source link : https://www.slate.fr/culture/exits-cinema-l-etrangere-offre-hospitalite-histoire-encore-ouverte-gaya-jiji-zar-amir-ebrahimi-film-syrie-exil-migrants Author : Jean-Michel Frodo Publisher date : 2026-06-23 17:55:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
Presented at the Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard selection, the second feature film by the French-Syro director Gaya Jiji arrives in the French theatres on Wednesday, June 24. L'Étrangère has been shot largely in Bordeaux, on the Bassin d'Arcachon and in Biscarrosse, and has received an accompaniment from the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Region. The post Tourné in Bordeaux, "L-Étrangère" follows a Syrian exile and his "female emancipation" a…
Discovered at the last Cinemed in Montpellier, Gaya Jiji's beautiful film follows the journey of a Syrian refugee to find her place and reconnect with life, despite exile.
Cinéma : « L’Etrangère » de Gaya Jiji
Qu’est-ce que l’exil ? Par exemple, pour une femme syrienne comme Selma, L’Etrangère, qui fuit la guerre en laissant derrière elle un fils de six ans et un mari disparu dans les geôles du régime ? Comment s’est-elle arrachée à sa terre natale et aux êtres aimés ? Où a-t-elle puisé l’énergie nécessaire à un long et périlleux périple ? Née à Damas en 1979, contrainte de quitter la Syrie pendant la guerre, installée à Paris, Gaya Jiji n’a que faire…
In a series of sequences filmed with great sobriety, filmmaker Gaya Jiji paints the portrait of a Syrian refugee who has the courage to take on her desires to rebuild in France. Iranian actress Zar Amir, herself in exile, brings her a troubling truth.
In "Étrangère", the French-Syrian filmmaker Gaya Jiji tells the story of a woman in exile, drawn between the difficulty of surviving and the desire to live. A magnificent role for the Franco-Iranian actress Zar Amir.
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