- This event has passed.
Ciné-Club: Cherchez la femme
February 22, 2019 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Enjoy a movie night at our new location, the Joly Family Center for International Understanding, at 227 Colfax Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55405.
The film will be in French with English subtitles.
This screening is free, but please consider making a $5 donation in person or by registering in advance to support our cultural programs!
Popcorn will be provided.
About the movie
Rising talent Felix Moati (Irreplaceable) stars as Armand, the bookish son of Iranian immigrants who’s completely smitten by Leila (pop star Camelia Jordana), an Arab girl from the banlieue enrolled with Armand in Paris’ prestigious Sciences Po university. The two are set to spend a few months in New York interning at the United Nations, but those plans quickly unravel when Leila’s brother, Mahmoud (William Lebghil), returns from an extended trip to the Middle East with a desire to quell his sister’s profane Western ways.
Banned from seeing Leila, who has been sequestered in the apartment, Armand hatches the idea to disguise himself in a burqa so he can keep coming over to visit. Hijinks ensue, with Armand forced to take on a high-pitched voice and study the Koran in order to convince everyone he’s Leila’s devout Muslim tutor. In fact, his plan works so well that the desperate Mahmoud winds up falling for Armand’s hijab-wearing alter ego.