Mignonnes
Cuties | Die Süßen![](/media/filmstills/2020/generation-2020/202011923_1_RWD_1380.jpg)
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Ilanah Cami-Goursolas, Esther Gohourou, Médina El Aidi-Azouni, Fathia Youssouf
Mignonnes | Cuties | Die Süßen by Maïmouna Doucouré
FRA 2019, Generation
© Jean-Michel Papazian/Bien ou Bien Productions
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Médina El Aidi-Azouni, Fathia Youssouf, Ilanah Cami-Goursolas, Esther Gohourou
Mignonnes | Cuties | Die Süßen by Maïmouna Doucouré
FRA 2019, Generation
© Jean-Michel Papazian/Bien ou Bien Productions
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Médina El Aidi-Azouni, Fathia Youssouf
Mignonnes | Cuties | Die Süßen by Maïmouna Doucouré
FRA 2019, Generation
© Jean-Michel Papazian/Bien ou Bien Productions
Am I still a girl or already a woman? And if I’m a woman, what kind do I want to be? Eleven-year-old Amy lacks the words to express these questions, and she doesn’t have any quick answers to them either. The conflicts in Amy’s life reflect the contradictory positions that she perceives in her surroundings: there’s her conservative, polygamous, Senegalese extended family , freshly resettled in Paris, and then there are her peers at school, practicing for a dance-off. Together they hope to hold their own against the older girls, imitating moves from music videos and performing stereotypical poses without any awareness yet for what they represent. Amy’s attempt to navigate both worlds leads to tension and disappointment while requiring constant transformation on her part.
With
- Fathia Youssouf (Amy)
- Médina El Aidi-Azouni (Angelica)
- Esther Gohourou (Coumba)
- Ilanah Cami-Goursolas (Jess)
- Myriam Hamma (Yasmine)
- Demba Diaw (Ismael)
- Mbissine Thérèse Diop (Aunt)
- Mamadou Samaké (Samba)
- Bilel Chegrani (Clement W.)
Crew
Written and Directed by | Maïmouna Doucouré |
Cinematography | Yann Maritaud |
Editing | Stéphane Mazalaigue |
Music | Nicolas Nocchi |
Sound Design | Vincent Cosson |
Sound | Clément Maléo |
Production Design | Julie Wassef |
Costumes | Valérie Ranchoux-Carta |
Make-Up | Maëla Gervais |
Assistant Director | Inès de la Bévière |
Casting | Tania Arana |
Production Manager | Olivier Sarfati |
Producer | Zangro |
World sales
Bac Films Distribution
Produced by
Bien ou Bien Productions
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Maïmouna Doucouré, Maryanne Redpath
The director with the section head.
Mignonnes · Generation · Feb 22, 2020
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Maïmouna Doucouré
The director at her film's premiere.
Mignonnes · Generation · Feb 22, 2020
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Maïmouna Doucouré
The director in conversation with guests in the Thalia Programmkino.
Mignonnes · Generation · Berlinale Goes Kiez · Feb 23, 2020
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Maïmouna Doucouré
The director of the French film.
Mignonnes · Generation · Berlinale Goes Kiez · Feb 23, 2020
Maïmouna Doucouré
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Born in Paris, France in 1985. After studying biology, she directed her short film Maman(s) (Mother(s)) which was selected to screen at almost 200 festivals and won a total of over 60 awards including the Short Film Jury Prize for International Fiction at Sundance, the Best Short Film prize at the Toronto International Film Festival and the César for Best Short Film. In 2019, she received the Academy Gold Fellowship for Women from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Filmography
2015 Maman(s) (Mother(s)); short film 2019 Mignonnes (Cuties)
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2020