The Little Sister

Fatima is the youngest of three sisters, just shy of adulthood, and she wants more than safe routines. In Paris she starts university, tests boundaries, and feels a pull toward women that both excites and unsettles her. She leans on her close-knit French Algerian family while learning to say yes to parts of herself that have stayed quiet. New friendships, late nights, and first loves push her out into a world that feels bright and confusing at once. With care and honesty, the film follows a girl learning to integrate desire with loyalty, duty with self respect, and tradition with risk. Against a backdrop of urban life and family meals, the film observes how quiet acts of self assertion ripple through daily routines.

Directed by Hafsia Herzi, the film presents a story credited to Fatima Daas and premiered in 2025. It frames a coming of age in which cultural ties collide with personal longing, set against Parisian campus life, family meals, and quiet moments of self discovery.

Box office numbers for The Little Sister have not been publicly disclosed, so there are no reported grosses at this time. The film has circulated in niche circuits and seen varying audience responses.

There are no major award nominations listed for the film yet. Its quiet, intimate approach has drawn attention in festival circuits and among critics for its sensitive handling of identity and family dynamics, and some viewers expect it to resonate in international drama categories. Its cross cultural lens may appeal to a broad audience.

Early reactions place the film in a thoughtful middle ground with a 6.933/10 rating from 60 votes. It centers on a young woman balancing attraction, loyalty to a loving family, and the pull between tradition and new freedoms, in intimate, observant scenes. Critics note a restrained pace that mirrors Fatima's growing self awareness and a vivid sense of Parisian life.