You Resemble Me

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You Resemble Me
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Dina Amer
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  • Dina Amer
  • Omar Mullick
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  • Danny Bensi
  • Saunder Jurriaans
Cinematography Omar Mullick
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Distributed by Willa Productions
Release dates
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  • September 8, 2021 (2021-09-08) (Venice)
  • November 4, 2022 (2022-11-04) (United States)
Running time
 90 minutes[1]
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  • United States
  • France
  • Egypt
Box office $33,500[2][3]

You Resemble Me is a 2021 internationally co-produced drama film, directed by Dina Amer in her directorial debut, from a screenplay by Amer and Omar Mullick. It stars Lorenza Grimaudo, Ilonna Grimaudo, Mouna Soualem, Sabrina Ouazani, Dina Amer, Alexandre Gonin, Grégoire Colin and Zinedine Soualem. Spike Lee, Spike Jonze, Riz Ahmed and Alma Har'el serve as executive producers on the film.[4]

It had its world premiere at the 78th Venice International Film Festival in the Venice Days section on September 8, 2021. It was released in the United States on November 4, 2022. It will be released in the United Kingdom and Ireland on February 3, 2023 by Modern Films.

Plot

When two sisters are torn apart, the eldest struggles to find her identity.

Cast

  • Lorenza Grimaudo as Young Hasna
  • Ilonna Grimaudo as Young Mariam
  • Mouna Soualem as Adult Hasna
  • Sabrina Ouazani as Adult Hasna #2
  • Dina Amer as Adult Hasna #3
  • Alexandre Gonin as Abdelhamid
  • Grégoire Colin as Foster Father
  • Zinedine Soualem as Army Officer
  • Agnès de Tyssandier as Foster Mother
  • Sana Sri as Amina

Production

Dina Amer worked as a reporter for Vice News, and reported on the 2015 Saint-Denis raid, in which it was later found that the police report that Hasna Aït Boulahcen was a suicide bomber, was false.[5] Boulachen's family was contacted by multiple journalists, but they chose to speak with Amer, who over the course of several years conducting 360 hours of interviews, with Boulahcen's family and friends, to write the screenplay and make it as accurate as possible.[6][7] Amer wanted the film not to excuse Boulahcen's choice, but to explore radicalization and how she got there and prevent others from falling into the same traps.[8] Amer walked away from a deal with a major studio in order to maintain her vision, as financiers preferred for the film to be a documentary.[9][5]

Release

It had its world premiere at the 78th Venice International Film Festival in the Venice Days section on September 8, 2021.[10][11] It was released in the Middle East in September 2022, by Front Row Filmed Entertainment.[12] It was released in the United States on November 4, 2022, by Willa Productions.[13]

Awards

The film has been well received in international film festivals. It won the Audience Award at the Red Sea Festival.[14] It also won an unprecedented four awards at REC Tarragona, including the CineClub Jury Prize, the Young Jury Prize, and the Audience Award.[15]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 90% of 30 reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.8/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "A haunting look at the roots of radicalization, You Resemble Me wrings harrowing drama out of its fact-based coming-of-age story."[16] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 66 out of 100, based on 11 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[17]

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