A fragile, young Israeli woman of Tunisian descent (newcomer Noa Ohayon) travels to Paris to restart her life. She dreams of studying fashion design at a prestigious school, as she rents a room from a mysterious Israeli man (Lior Ashkenazi), takes calls from her “Jewish Mother” (Yael Abecaassis) and finds work at a restaurant where she befriends a woman from the Ivory Coast who is delighted they are “from the same continent.” A chance meeting with a handsome man turns into a traumatic encounter, an unwanted pregnancy and a quest for revenge that upends her plan. Based on the book by Emelie Moatti.

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Dina Zvi Riklis

A trailblazing director and screenwriter for film and television, Dina Zvi Riklis helmed the thought-provoking dramas Three Mothers, The Fifth Heaven and The Ambassador’s Wife, the last two of which have been screened at the Festival. She does not disappoint with Blue Marks and joins us from Tel Aviv to talk about it.