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Hafsia Herzi

Actor
Hafsia Herzi, born in Manosque in 1987, is a French actor and director. She had her acting breakthrough in 2007 in Abdellatif Kechiche's film *The Secret of the Grain* (*La Graine et le Mulet*). For this performance, she received numerous accolades, including the Marcello Mastroianni Award at the Venice Film Festival and a César for Most Promising Actress. In addition to her work in front of the camera, Herzi has also established herself as a filmmaker. Her directorial debut, *You Deserve a Lover* (2019), premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, as did her subsequent work *Good Mother* (2021), which won an award in the Un Certain Regard section.

Films

Three Nights a Week

Three Nights a Week

By Florent Gouëlou

2022 | 99 min | Comedy

When Baptiste falls for drag queen Cookie Kunty, his world turns upside down. Will he choose love or loyalty in this captivating Parisian tale?

Les gens d'à côté

Les gens d'à côté

By André Téchiné

2024 | 85 min | Drama

A dedicated cop faces a moral dilemma when she befriends a troubled neighbor with a criminal past. Loyalty tested, lines blurred.

Jimmy Rivière

Jimmy Rivière

By Teddy Lussi-Modeste

2011 | 86 min | Drama

Authentic yet disturbing first feature, written by a Romani filmmaker, about life in a French Romani religious community.

War Story

War Story

By Mark Jackson

2014 | 89 min | Drama

A press photographer retreats to Sicily after being held captive in Libya. But even here she cannot escape her trauma.

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Burning Beds

Burning Beds

1988 | 83 min | Comedy

It is well known that a German man's love of cars comes before his interest in the opposite sex. Gina wages a two-front war against this state of affairs: as a vehicle inspector at the TÜV, she lovingly seizes her opportunities to take revenge on man and machine, while in her private life she devotes herself to the previously missed sexual revolution with unreserved exploratory fury. What Gina does is done with German thoroughness. Harry, a Brit, values self-control, discretion and restraint. Qualities ...