Sheherazade

Cannes 2018
Critics' Week

Sheherazade

A Film by Jean-Bernard Marlin

2018 - France - Drama - 106 min.

with Dylan Robert , Kenza Fortas , Idir Azougli & Lisa Amedjout

Language: French
Produced by Grégoire Debailly

Zachary, 17 years old, gets out of jail. Rejected by his mother, he hangs out in the mean streets of Marseille. This is where he meets Shéhérazade.

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