| Inch'Allah dimanche | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Yamina Benguigui |
| Produced by | Bachir Deraïs Philippe Dupuis-Mendel |
| Written by | Yamina Benguigui |
| Starring | Fejria Deliba |
| Cinematography | Antoine Roch |
| Distributed by | ARP Sélection Divisa Home Video (Spain) Film Movement (USA) |
| Release date(s) | September 14, 2001 |
| Running time | 96 min. |
| Country | France Algeria |
| Language | Arabic, French |
Inch'Allah Dimanche (Arabic: إن شاء الله الأحد, English: Sunday God Willing) is a 2001 French/Algerian movie by Yamina Benguigui about the life of an Algerian immigrant woman in France. The film won a variety of international awards, including the 2001 International Critics' Award at the Toronto International Film Festival.[1] Although Benguigui was urged to change the name of the film after the September 11 attacks, she chose to keep the original title, a portion of which is in Arabic.[2]
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Zouina's husband, Ahmed, left Algeria in the 1970s to work in France. As part of the French government's family reunification scheme, Zouina is allowed to move to France from Algeria in order to join her husband. Leaving her mother behind, she lives with her husband, his mother and their three children. While she struggles with the physical abuse of her husband and verbal abuse of her mother-in-law, she meets French friends who help her cope with life in a different culture. She becomes more confident by the end of the movie, which ends optimistically.
The film contains a variety of French, Arabic, and Kabyle language music. Many of the tracks are performed by Algerian musician Idir.