“Herzi confidently takes what could have been a traditional coming-out tale and turns it into something altogether more defiant.” – Deadline.

Premiering at Cannes to a 12-minute standing ovation, The Little Sister is a bold and sophisticated story of queer awakening from French-Algerian director Hafsia Herzi.

Fatima, 17, the youngest of three daughters, is strikingly confident in her desires and unafraid to pursue them across a series of encounters with women, even while living in a conservative Muslim household. As she starts university in Paris, she dates freely, makes friends, and falls for a complicated woman, all while her close-knit family continues to demand loyalty.

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