Recapping... From France-based Algerian/Sudanese filmmaker Rachid Djaidani comes Rengaine (Hold Back), a feature length drama that premiered in the Directors Fortnight and the International Critics Week sections, at last year's Cannes Film Festival. Described as a "Paris-set twist on Romeo and Juliet," Hold Back stars Slimane Dazi as Slimane, the eldest of 40 Arab Muslim brothers to Sabrina (Sabrina Hamida), a young North African woman. Slimane is disgusted by the rumors of his sister's engagement to a Black Christian French man named Dorcy - played by French actor Stephane Soo Mongo. Naturally, conflict ensues as...
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