The film critic week was created by the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics in 1962. It is a parallel section of the Cannes Film Festival which is devoted solely to the discovery of young talents in cinematographic creation.<\/span> 3 African films are part of the official selection of Critics’ Week at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.<\/span><\/span> <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Une histoire d\u2019amour et de d\u00e9sir<\/strong><\/a> by Leyla Bouzid<\/span> is part of the official selection for Cannes Critics’ Week to be held from July 6 to 17, 2021. It will be the closing film of this section.<\/span> In the cast, we find Sami Outalbali<\/span> in the main role of Ahmed and Zbeida Belhajamar<\/span> in the role of Farah.<\/span> The film tells the story of Ahmed, 18, French of Algerian origin who grew up in the suburbs of Paris.<\/span> On the benches of the university, he meets Farah, a young Tunisian full of energy recently arrived in Paris.<\/span> While discovering a body of sensual and erotic Arabic literature that he never knew existed, Ahmed falls deeply in love with her and although literally overwhelmed by desire, he will try to resist it.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n It is a feature film produced in 2020 by Sandra Da Fonseca of Blue Monday Productions<\/a>.<\/span> It should be noted that Leyla Bouzid<\/span> has already received an award in a category annexed to the Cannes festival in 1996, entitled “Young talent women in motion” for her first film<\/span><\/span> A peine j\u2019ouvre les yeux<\/strong>.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/ayilamedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/une-histoire-d-amour-et-de-desir-Ayila-300x129.jpg\")