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Nour has just been hired as an infirmary nurse at the chemical plant that employs her father. Soon she discovers numerous employees with terminal diseases, and uncovers a pollution scam that threatens her town--and her father’s--way of life.
Fatigued after working long hours as an ER nurse, Nour (Zita Hanrot), accepts her father, Slimane’s (Sami Bouajila) suggestion to work at the infirmary at the chemical plant where he works. It seems simple, until Nour uncovers numerous terminal health issues and a vast conspiracy covering up toxic pollution. Caught between local and national interests, between the left- and right-wing, and her own father, who is desperate to keep his job in a world where jobs are scarce, Nour must summon all of her strength to fight a battle that sometimes seems she is waging all by herself.
This film is part of Young French Cinema, a program of UniFrance and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy.
Director Biography
Born in France in 1976, Farid Bentoumi is an actor and director. His short films include “Un autre jour sur terre” (2009), “El Migri” (2010), “Burners (Brûleurs)” (2011), and “Un métier bien” (2015). His debut feature was the comedy Good Luck Algeria (2015).
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