Besties
Paris. Nedjma, a teenager living with her mom and sister, spends the summer with her squad. She sees her life turned upside down when she meets Zina, coming from the opposite gang. They are rivals in broad daylight, but lovers in secret. Nedjma is sucked into a spiral, torn apart between the values of the hood and her own desire, which no one around her can possibly understand or let alone tolerate. She will have to make a choice that will ultimately define who she is.
Biography
Marion Desseigne Ravel discovered the cinema when she was 20, by participating in a documentary about the struggle of undocumented people in Ile-de-France. When, she entered the Fémis where she experienced working with actors and got to like fiction films. There, she made short movies, including LES MURS and VOYAGE EN LEMURIE, selected in many festivals, and once out of school, LES ORMES and FATIYA. She finished her first feature film : LES MEILLEURES. Engaged in associations, she co-founded the association Combats Ordinaire in 2009, and she is participating in structures such as Mille Visages or the Festival des Films de Femmes de Créteil. Since 2016, she has been teaching in University Paris 8.
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