Certifiée Halal (2015) Directed by Mahmoud Zemmouri
Comedy
aka: Certified Halal
Film Synopsis
In a remote village of the Maghreb in northwest Africa, two wedding
convoys converge on the small building of a religious leader. In
the ensuing confusion, the families mix up the brides, who are veiled
identically. Sultana, a local woman, and Kenza, a young
French woman forced into marriage by her bother, decide to rebel, each
in her own way, against the traditions of their people...
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