HAFSIA HERZI
Hafsia made her remarkable screen debut in 2007, in Abdellatif Kechiche’s, "Couscous", for which she won the Marcello Mastroianni Award at the Venice Film Festival (2008) and the 2008 César for Most Promising Actress, as well as other prizes worldwide. In 2010, she directed her first short film, "Le Rodba". "You Deserve a Lover", her self-produced feature film debut, is selected to screen at Cannes in Critics’ Week.

Director's statement
"I tell the story of a girl who tries to understand what is happening to her when there is nothing to understand. After a break-up there is denial, hope, jealousy, anger… and mostly loss of control. Lila does inexplicable things. Because distress can lead to madness. Any advice she gets from the people close to her is useless. She doesn’t listen. The heart remains sealed off. There’s no cure. Everything depends on Lila. She would like to get help, but it wouldn’t do any good. She can only rely on herself and her own will to get through it".

photo credits: SYLVIE CASTIONI