17/07/2013 - Gaumont launches this first feature film that sold very well internationally. Also on screens Aya de Yopougon and Chez nous c’est trois !

When the future of a trendy Parisian woman becomes the nightmare of an illegal immigrant. Maya is a young aspiring designer about to get a permanent job in the haute couture company where she works. But a police check and an expired residency permit send her back in less than 24 hours directly to Morocco, in a country and family she wanted to forget. Stigmas and culture shock: Maya will do everything she can to go back… First film directed and played by Reem Kherici, the comedy Paris or Perish [+see also:
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As for UGC, it releases in 90 theatres the animated film Aya de Yopougon [+see also:
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Also on screens today the friendly movie Chez nous c’est trois ! [+see also:
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Three non-national European films are also in the game with Meteora [+see also:
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interview: Filippo Scicchitano and Giu…
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It is finally worth noting the release of Juliette [+see also:
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(Translated from French)