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Divines
2016
· Movie
· 105 min
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MEANRANK
72/100
Every rating
56–82
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 56, highest is AlloCiné on 82.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →In a marginalized Parisian suburb, two rebellious teenage girls, Dounia and her best friend, dream of a life of power and money. Eager to escape their poverty, they start working for a local drug dealer. Dounia proves to be ruthlessly ambitious, but their rapid ascent into the criminal world comes with severe and violent consequences that test their friendship and their futures.
Details
- Director
- Houda Benyamina
- Writers
- Houda Benyamina, Malik Rumeau, Romain Compingt
- Studio
- France 2 Cinéma, Easy Tiger
- Released
- 31 August 2016
- Country
- France
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Budget
- $2.8M
- Awards
- 9 wins, 5 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 14 →4 major awards won · 9 wins from 14 nominations across 6 ceremonies
| César Awards 2017 | Best First Feature Film | Houda Benyamina | Winner |
| César Awards 2017 | Best Supporting Actress | Déborah Lukumuena | Winner |
| César Awards 2017 | Most Promising Actress | Oulaya Amamra | Winner |
| 2016 Cannes Film Festival 2016 | Caméra d'Or | Houda Benyamina | Winner |
| César Awards 2017 | Best Film | Marc-Benoît Créancier | Nominee |
| César Awards 2017 | Best Director | Houda Benyamina | Nominee |
| César Awards 2017 | Best Original Screenplay | Romain Compingt, Houda Benyamina and Malik Rumeau | Nominee |
| César Awards 2017 | Best Editing | Loïc Lallemand and Vincent Tricon | Nominee |
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César Awards
7 nominations, 3 won
| Best First Feature Film | Houda Benyamina | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress | Déborah Lukumuena | Winner |
| Most Promising Actress | Oulaya Amamra | Winner |
| Best Director | Houda Benyamina | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Loïc Lallemand and Vincent Tricon | Nominee |
| Best Film | Marc-Benoît Créancier | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Romain Compingt, Houda Benyamina and Malik Rumeau | Nominee |
2016 Cannes Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Caméra d'Or | Houda Benyamina | Winner |
Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | Nominee |
Lumière Awards
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Female Revelation | Oulaya Amamra | Winner |
| Best Female Revelation | Déborah Lukumuena | Winner |
| Best First Film | Winner |
Hamptons International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| HIFF Award for Best Narrative Feature Film | Houda Benyamina | Winner |
Munich Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| CineVision Award (best film by a new, non-German director) | Houda Benyamina | Winner |