PROMIS LE CIEL (PROMISED SKY)
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Marie, a pastor and former journalist originally from Ivory Coast, lives in Tunis. She takes in Naney, a young mother in exile seeking a better future, and Jolie, a student on whom the hopes of her family back home rest. Together, they take in Kenza, a four-year-old girl who survived a shipwreck. PROMIS LE CIEL follows the intertwined destinies of these three women from different backgrounds and social classes in a Tunisian context marked by racism. In her third feature film, director Erige Sehiri paints a vivid picture of the daily life of a black immigrant community in Tunisia.
PROMIS LE CIEL (PROMISED SKY) Direction: Erige Sehiri, DCP, OmeU, 95 min
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Aïssa Maïga is a French actress, director, screenwriter, and producer of Senegalese and Malian descent. She has worked with renowned directors such as Michael Haneke, Abderrahmane Sissako, and Michel Gondry, and starred in THE BOY WHO HARNESSED THE WIND by Chiwetel Ejiofor in 2019. She has been nominated for prestigious awards, including the César Award for Most Promising Actress in 2007 for BAMAKO and has won the Globe de Cristal Award for Best Actress for PRÊT À TOUT in 2015. As a filmmaker, Aïssa Maïga has directed two films to date. Set in Niger, her film MARCHER SUR L'EAU (2021) offers a visceral portrayal of survival in the face of the global climate crisis. Aïssa is committed to inclusion and has spoken out against discrimination in the film industry throughout her career. In Cologne, she is presenting the film PROMIS LE CIEL in which she plays the leading role.