UCLA Film & Television Archive presents Animalia by Sofia Alaoui
Film
Animalia by Sofia Alaoui.
This gem of new SF cinema will be screened at Billy Wilder Theater on August 18 as part of their “Summer Sci-Fi” series. Admission is free!
Itto, a young woman from a modest rural background, is slowly adapting to the Moroccan privileged codes of her husband’s family. But when supernatural events put the country in a state of emergency, Itto finds herself separated from her husband and new family. Alone, pregnant and looking for her way back, she finds emancipation. DCP, France/Morocco, 2023, Drama/Science-Fiction, 91 mins, in French, Arabic and Berber with English subtitles.
Directed by: Sofia Alaoui
Written by: Sofia Alaoui, Laurie Bost, Raphaëlle Desplechin
With: Oumaima Barid, Mehdi Dehbi.
The screening of Animalia is part of a double feature with Something in the dirt by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead.
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