After moving from Morocco to the Netherlands with her parents when Fatima Jebli Ouazzani was 11 years old, she became a journalist and TV producer. Seven years later, her father broke up with her mother and married a 17-year-old Moroccan girl who lived in the same country. One thing Fatima was sure of, though, was that she would not let herself be married off like her mother and grandmother. So she broke with Moroccan tradition and moved out of her family's home. During this movie, the director, who is single and doesn't have any kids, wonders if she made the right decisions. When she talks about her own life, she puts it in the context of Moroccan marriage. Those are the choices Naima, a Moroccan girl who was born in Holland, has made in her life so far. On her wedding night, Naima has to show that she is still a virgin by having sex with someone. To see the blood-stained sheets, in-laws wait outside the room.
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After moving from Morocco to the Netherlands with her parents when Fatima Jebli Ouazzani was 11 years old, she became a journalist and TV producer. Seven years later, her father broke up with her mother and married a 17-year-old Moroccan girl who lived in the same country. One thing Fatima was sure of, though, was that she would not let herself be married off like her mother and grandmother. So she broke with Moroccan tradition and moved out of her family's home. During this movie, the director, who is single and doesn't have any kids, wonders if she made the right decisions. When she talks about her own life, she puts it in the context of Moroccan marriage. Those are the choices Naima, a Moroccan girl who was born in Holland, has made in her life so far. On her wedding night, Naima has to show that she is still a virgin by having sex with someone. To see the blood-stained sheets, in-laws wait outside the room.
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