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Claire Denis Boards Dina Amer’s ‘You Resemble Me’ as Radicalization Drama Gets French Release (EXCLUSIVE)
Director Dina Amer’s drama 'You Resemble Me,' about Islamic radicalization, is getting a French release with support from Claire Denis.
Distributor La Vingt-Cinquième Heure has acquired the French rights to Egyptian-American director Dina Amer ’s politically sensitive drama “ You Resemble Me.” The film tells the story of Hasna Aït Boulahcen, who in 2015 was wrongly believed to be Europe’s first female suicide bomber. Last year, a verdict was reached in the highly emotional, nearly 10-month so-called “trial of the century” regarding the 2015 Paris terror attacks for which Salah Abdeslam — the only person directly involved in their planning who is still alive — received the heaviest sentence under French law. Growing up feeling lonely, alienated and eager to be loved and belong somewhere, Aït Boulahcen was eventually lured by her cousin into joining a terror cell after watching the sensationalized media reports of the mass shooting at the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in January 2015.
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