2009
72 min 08 s
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Producers
Carmen Garcia
Yves Bisaillon (ONF)
Script, Director
Nadia Zouaoui
Director
Carmen Garcia
Picture Editing
Jean-Marie Drot
Original Music Score
Jimmy Tanaka
Sound Editing
Polo Communications
Production Management/Accountant
Salvadora Garcia
Awards
Caméra au poing Award
Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal
9 au 19 novembre 2006, Montréal - Canada
Nadia Zouaoui meilleur script : section documentaire
Prix Gémeaux
9 septembre 2007, Montréal - Canada
NADIA'S JOURNEY
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At 19, Nadia Zouaoui was forced by her parents into an arranged marriage with an Algerian living in Montreal. The man, who was twice her age, chose Nadia from a photograph. After 18 years away, Nadia goes back to Kabylia to see if life has changed in her native land.
Nadia’s Journey travels behind the tourist facade and into a land of shadows. The documentary delves into the complex reality of women held captive in their own homes since puberty. In the gloomy house where Nadia grew up, her only view of the outside world was a patch of sky. This tragic custom, which men feel powerless to change, ends up crushing the soul of women and girls.