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Nina

Directed by Halima Elkhatabi
Canada, 2015 (fiction, 15 minutes, colour, French)

Film Description:
"At 16 years old, Nina is helpless with regards to her 4-month-old baby Jessie's incessant crying. Without any escape from the cries and from this new presence is her life, she ventures out from her tiny apartment in a working-class neighbourhood of Montréal for a brief escapade."
-- Les Films du 3 Mars (source)

Film Description:
"Sixteen-year-old Nina ventures out with her friends one night in a desperate bid to escape the relentless and suffocating demands of single motherhood—but the night's adventures fail to provide the relief she is looking for. Nina is a stirring and honest look at a teenager's failure to fully grasp the implications of her actions."
-- Danis Goulet (source)


Film Credits (partial):
Written by: Halima Elkhatabi
Produced by: Patricia Bergeron
Principal Cast: Kim Ratté, Elizabeth Tremblay-Gagnon
Film Editing: Elisabeth Olga Tremblay
Production Company: Leitmotiv Productions
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