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‘The Little Sister’ Scores 12-Minute Ovation At Cannes Premiere

'The Little Sister' drew big applause after its premiere Friday in Cannes, with director Hafsia Herzi's coming-out pic getting an energetic 12-minute ovation.

There were lots of whoops and shouts from the crowd before Herzi’s post-screening thank-you speech as people showed their enthusiasm for the French director’s third feature aka La Petite Dernière. The film starring Nadia Melliti is adapted from Fatima Daas’s semi-autobiographical 2022 novel The Last One, the story of a young gay Muslim woman’s sexual awakening. Park Ji-min, Amina Ben Mohamed, Rita Benmannana, Melissa Guers also star in The Little Sister, which MK2 Films is shopping on the Riviera.

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