‘The Little Sister’ Review: A French Arab Queer Woman Tries To Find Herself [Cannes]
CANNES – There has to be something quietly reassuring about the world that a movie about a first-generation French Algerian woman coming to terms with her sexuality is not deemed groundbreaking in 2025. This is a story we’ve seen many times before, either on film or television. Yes, even one centred on a queer person wrestling with their Muslim faith. So much so, as Hafsia Herzi’s “The Little Sister” begins to unfold, you start to wonder what about this particular story makes it worthy of being selected for competition at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival? Continue reading ‘The Little Sister’ Review: A French Arab Queer Woman Tries To Find Herself [Cannes] at The Playlist.
![‘The Little Sister’ Review: A French Arab Queer Woman Tries To Find Herself [Cannes]](https://cdn.theplaylist.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/16195647/TheLittleSister.jpg)
CANNES – There has to be something quietly reassuring about the world that a movie about a first-generation French Algerian woman coming to terms with her sexuality is not deemed groundbreaking in 2025. This is a story we’ve seen many times before, either on film or television. Yes, even one centred on a queer person wrestling with their Muslim faith. So much so, as Hafsia Herzi’s “The Little Sister” begins to unfold, you start to wonder what about this particular story makes it worthy of being selected for competition at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival?
![The Change [short story]](https://jonathanrosenbaum.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/lying-on-back-in-lake.jpg)
