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Watched this on a flight recently not having heard of it before, I thought it was really really good. The three central characters (girls) put in excellent performances, raw and energetic, it's difficult to pick a stand out as they each were excellent in different ways - Djeneba the tomboy whereas Zineb is somewhat more delicate and tender natured. It touches a lot on themes of living in France in terms of immigration and racism mixed with youth culture and social media. Anyway enough said, make sure to check it out, very much a rough diamond, glad I got to see it and looking forward to similar offerings from French and European cinema. Enjoy.

One of the most amazing pieces of filmmaking I've ever seen, dealing with the Final Solution to the 'Jewish Question'. The gravity of what happened here on this date is chillingly retold with this cast of excellent actors and background scenery. I was so overcome by this film that I went to visit the Wannsee Museum on a later trip to Berlin - it's quite easy, a short train ride out of the city and you can tour the actual villa and indeed stand in the actual room where this all happened for real. That's some feeling to take on, being in the same room where the fate of the world was changed forever. Go and see for yourself too.