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CUTIES<\/span><\/h2>\n

| 2020 – 96′ – Drama
\n<\/span>Written by:\u00a0Ma\u00efmouna Doucour\u00e9,\u00a0Alice Winocour,\u00a0Valentine Milville,\u00a0Nathalie Saugeon.
\nDirected by:\u00a0<\/span>Ma\u00efmouna Doucour\u00e9.
\nStarring:\u00a0<\/span>Fathia Youssouf,\u00a0Medina El Aidi,\u00a0Esther Gohourou,\u00a0<\/span>Ilanah, Myriam Hamma, Demba Diaw, Ma\u00efmouna Gueye, Therese M’Bissine Diop.
\nOfficial Selection Berlin International Film Festival 2020, Sundance Film Festival 2020 (Winner Directing Award), Rendez-Vous With French\u00a0Cinema 2020. C\u00e9sar Award Winner for Best Promising\u00a0Actress (Fathia Youssouf).
\nIn French with English subtitles.
\nA Netflix release. |<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Amy, 11 years old,\u00a0is a Senegalese-French girl with a traditional\u00a0Muslim\u00a0upbringing who is caught between traditional Muslim values and\u00a0Internet culture\u00a0when she joins a\u00a0twerking\u00a0dance crew,\u00a0a group\u00a0 called “Cuties”. Fascinated, she initiates herself to a sensual dance, hoping to join their band and escape family dysfunction.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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