Film
- Year
- 2025
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
After winning the prize at Un Certain Regard in Cannes with their first film Les Pires, directors Lise Akoka and Romane Gueret return with Ma Frère.
Based on the popular series Tu préfères?, the film follows Shai and Djeneba, two 19-year-old friends from a working-class neighbourhood in Paris. While one deals with an oppressive family and the other with existential emptiness, both find a refuge from their daily lives in the holiday camp where they are tutors. On the brink of adulthood, this experience sets the stage for a journey of personal discovery, forcing them to confront crucial choices that will test the limits of their indelible friendship. A luminous and sensitive portrait of youth, emancipation and the passage of time, presented as a world premiere in the Cannes Première section of the Cannes Film Festival.
Session as part of the French Film Festival 2025.
"Organised by the Il Sorpasso Association, the French Film Festival is a platform for meeting and sharing between France, Portugal and the French-speaking world, celebrating the artistic excellence, innovation and cultural richness that make French cinema an essential reference.
The event is organised in partnership with the French Embassy in Portugal, the Institut Français du Portugal and the Alliances Françaises network in Portugal. The festival is also part of MaisFRANÇA, the programme of contemporary French creation in Portugal."