The movie
Promised Sky (ENG)
When four-year-old Kenza is rescued from a shipwreck off the coast of Tunisia, she is taken in by three women: a pastor, a refugee mother, and a young student.
Length: 92 min
Country: Frankrijk, Tunesië, Verenigde Arabische Emiraten
Language spoken: Arabisch, Frans
Language subtitles: Engels
Cast: Aïssa Maïga, Laetitia Ky, Debora Lobe Naney
Director: Erige Sehiri
Release date: 14/10/2025
Description
When four-year-old Kenza is rescued from a shipwreck off the coast of Tunisia, she is taken in by three women: a pastor, a refugee mother, and a young student. Within the walls of a small house, an intimate portrait unfolds of three women, each grappling in their own way with questions of identity, responsibility, and hope.
A Promised Sky opened the Un Certain Regard section at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, bringing international recognition to director Erige Sehiri. The film portrays migration not as a journey to Europe, but as a human struggle within Africa—told through women navigating faith and solidarity.
A Promised Sky opened the Un Certain Regard section at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, bringing international recognition to director Erige Sehiri. The film portrays migration not as a journey to Europe, but as a human struggle within Africa—told through women navigating faith and solidarity.
