Les patins

Directed by Halima Ouardiri

Canada, 2023 (fiction, 13 minutes, colour, French)

Also known as "The Skates"

Image: © Travelling Distribution

Film Description:
"An adolescent girl's figure skating lesson becomes the latest battleground in the marital warfare between her parents in Halima Ouardiri's piercing family drama."
-- Toronto International Film Festival (source)

Film Description:
"Mina loves to skate. Today, her father, recently divorced from her mother, accompanies her to her first figure skating lesson. An ordinary day if something hadn't happened to the skates."
-- Travelling : les films qui voyagent (source)

Film Credits (partial):
Written by:	Halima Ouardiri
Produced by:	Halima Ouardiri, Anaëlle Béglet, Jeanne-Marie Poulain
Principal Cast:	Inès Feghouli, Mani Soleymanlou, Sophie Cadieux, Sarah Karel Chiasson, Marjorie Lajoie, Zachary Lagha
Cinematography:	Amine Berrada
Film Editing:	Xi Feng
Production Company:	Les Films de l'Autre

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Notes about Les patins

Shown at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2023.

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