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La Petite Dernière (2025)

Drama | 106 minutes
3,21 12 votes

Genre: Drama

Duration: 106 minuten

Alternative title: The Little Sister

Country: France / Germany

Directed by: Hafsia Herzi

Stars: Nadia Melliti, Park Ji-min and Némo Schiffman

IMDb score: 6,8 (1.859)

Releasedate: 1 October 2025

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La Petite Dernière plot

Seventeen-year-old Fatima has two older sisters and is trying to find her way in life. She mainly has to reconcile her sexual orientation with her religious upbringing. When she starts studying philosophy in Paris, a different world opens up. Among other things, she meets new friends and goes on dates. Above all, she remains torn between the free student life and the identity she has created over the years.

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mjk87 (moderator films)

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I often couldn't help but think of Kechiche's La Vie d'Adèle. French, about lesbian love, starting in high school and moving towards the end, that walking arm in arm at Pride (that shot seemed almost copied). And director Herzi once belly-dancing for half an hour in another film by Kechiche. But this time, the capital-based version centering on a migrant girl; although this family is of French origin, otherwise it is simply a French family—Mother is baking traditional French madeleines at the end, where religion also plays a small role. La Vie d'Adèle is superior in almost every respect, and especially in its pacing, but this La Petite Dernière has plenty to say, mainly due to Melliti's empathetic and understated (without being too understated) acting. It is also a nice portrayal of the atmosphere of the LGBTQ+ scene in the big city, and beautiful to see how someone discovers their own sexuality. The film is also remarkably sultry and intense in that regard, and that works well. The fact that you then know that everything is alright with Ji-Na is because Fatima may be telling the truth regarding her name and origins, whereas before that she kept lying. 3.5*.

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mrklm

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The implausible sexual awakening of asthmatic footballer Fatima [Nadia Melliti], a Muslim woman who grew up believing that homosexuality is unnatural. When she discovers she has romantic feelings for girls, she doesn't know how to handle it. An intimate relationship with Ji-Na [Park Ji-min] seems to liberate her, so it is hard to understand why she first walks with Ji-Na in a Pride parade and then tries to lock herself back in the closet. Ji-min makes an impression, but Melliti lacks the nuance to credibly portray her character's conflicting emotions. And Herzi smashes in her support for the LGBTQI community with a sledgehammer.

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