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Film & theatre

Director, screenwriter, actress: her films, and her books brought to the stage and the screen.

2011

Mon père est femme de ménage

Direction and screenplay · based on her novel

With François Cluzet, Jérémie Duvall, Nanou Garcia and Alison Wheeler. Opening film of the Alpe d'Huez International Comedy Film Festival, Europe 1 audience award. Released in cinemas on 13 April 2011, with about 300,000 admissions.

2010

L'Italien

Actress

A comedy by Olivier Baroux, with Kad Merad, released in 2010.

2018

Demi-sœurs

Co-direction and co-screenplay with François-Régis Jeanne

With Sabrina Ouazani, Alice David, Charlotte Gabris and Patrick Chesnais. Released in cinemas on 30 May 2018, distributed by SND.

2008

Confidences à Allah

Stage adaptation of Confidences à Allah

Directed by Gérard Gelas at the Théâtre du Chêne noir, Avignon Off festival 2008, then at the Théâtre du Petit-Montparnasse in Paris and on tour. Alice Belaïdi, alone on stage, received the Molière award for best newcomer in 2010.

2015

Confidences à Allah

Graphic novel

Confidences à Allah adapted by Eddy Simon (script) and Marie Avril (artwork), Futuropolis, 2015.

2022

Bilqiss

Adaptation project (United States)

Announced in July 2022: directed by Oualid Mouaness, co-written with the author, produced by The Kennedy/Marshall Company and K Films.