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Dolls and Angels
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Dolls and Angels

2008-06-25 · 102 min · ★ 6.3

Drama

The father of a family of North African immigrants living on a Paris housing estate finds it hard to impose his will on his two teenage daughters. Lya, 17, and Chirine, 18, respond to their father’s bouts of violence by rebelling in the same way as most French adolescents. When Chirine is offered work as a model, she jumps at the chance, but soon realizes she may be about to fall into the prostitution racket...

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Directors
Nora Hamdi
Production companies
France 2 Cinéma, Flach Film
Countries
France
Status
Released

Top Cast

Leïla BekhtiLeïla BekhtiLya
Karina TestaKarina TestaChirine
Samy NaceriSamy NaceriLe père
Samuel Le BihanSamuel Le BihanSimon
Fejria DelibaFejria DelibaLa mère
Léa SeydouxLéa SeydouxGisèle
Gianni GiardinelliGianni GiardinelliAlex
Aurelia CrebesseguesAurelia CrebesseguesAngel
Théo FriletThéo FriletMikaël
Alice MesnilMarie
Nina MéloNina MéloVanessa
Dalla SerradjInès
Jean-Louis TribesJean-Louis TribesM. Picaux
Yves EspargilièreLe maître dea lieux

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