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Feature film — 2008

Dolls and Angels (2008)

6.31h 42mDrama

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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A high-signal pick with 36 votes.

France 2 Cinéma / Flach Film

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Director: Nora Hamdi

On screen

Cast & crew

Leïla Bekhti as Lya

Leïla Bekhti

Lya

Karina Testa as Chirine

Karina Testa

Chirine

Samy Naceri as Le père

Samy Naceri

Le père

Samuel Le Bihan as Simon

Samuel Le Bihan

Simon

Fejria Deliba as La mère

Fejria Deliba

La mère

Léa Seydoux as Gisèle

Léa Seydoux

Gisèle

Gianni Giardinelli as Alex

Gianni Giardinelli

Alex

Aurelia Crebessegues as Angel

Aurelia Crebessegues

Angel

Théo Frilet as Mikaël

Théo Frilet

Mikaël

A

Alice Mesnil

Marie

Nina Mélo as Vanessa

Nina Mélo

Vanessa

D

Dalla Serradj

Inès

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