Cast
Nahéma Ricci Rachida Oussaada Nour Belkhiria Rawad El-Zein Hakim Brahimi Antoine DesRochers
Credits
Written by: 
Sophie Deraspe
Plot
A teenage Montreal girl of Algerian origin takes the blame for her brother's crime, to save him from deportation, and defies the law in the spirit of the Greek tragedy.
Sinekatalog’s take
A modern, forceful retelling of the classic.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.0 / 10 (2,056 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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