Hafsia Herzi

Acting

Hafsia Herzi

Born

1987-01-25 (39)

Place of birth

Manosque, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France

Known for

Acting

Credits

80 titles

Hafsia Herzi (born January 25, 1987) is a French actress of Algerian and Tunisian descent. She is best known for her debut role in the award-winning Franco-Tunisian feature The Secret of the Grain for which she won the award for most promising actress at the César Awards 2008, and the Marcello Mastroianni award, for best emerging actor or actress at the 64th Venice International Film Festival.

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 16 titles

The Rapture poster
6.7

Lydia, a midwife very invested in her work, is in the middle of a breakup.

The Rapture

2023

My New Friends poster
5.6

Police officer Lucie’s solitary daily life is disturbed by the arrival of a young couple and their little girl who move in next door. As she grows fond of them, she discovers that the father is an anti-police activist.

My New Friends

2024

Borgo poster
6.8

Melissa is an experienced, exemplary prison guard. But a dangerous spiral is set into motion when she transfers to a Corsican jail, where she accepts help and protection from inmate Saveriu to get her bearings. Upon his release, he contacts Melissa expecting to collect.

Borgo

2024

Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due poster
6.1

Amin returns to Sète after studying in Paris, still dreaming of cinema. By chance, an American producer on vacation takes an interest in his project and wants his wife, Jess, to play the lead role. But fate, whimsical as ever, has its own rules.

Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due

2025

Madame Claude poster
5.7

Paris, the late 1960s. Madame Claude is at the head of a flourishing business dedicated to prostitution that gives her power over both the French political and criminal worlds. But the end of her empire is closer than she thinks.

Madame Claude

2021

Visiting Hours poster
5.8

Alma, alone in her big townhouse, and Mina, a single mother from a housing project in another city, have organized their lives around the prison visits they make to their respective partners. When the two women meet in the room outside the visiting area, an unlikely friendship begins...

Visiting Hours

2024

Words of Love poster
NR

For 14 years, Erika has been the anchor of a household that rarely stands still, doing her best to raise teenage Abigail, her whirlwind little brother, Yoni, and a dog with an extreme devotion to cheese. When Abi’s desire to meet her absent father grows into a full-blown obsession and word spreads he’s been seen nearby, Erika fears the fragile balance will collapse for good. Instead, the unpredictable journey that follows brings mother and daughter to see each other anew, steering their lively, lovable family toward a happy new chapter.

Words of Love

2026

The Birthday Party poster
6.1

Thomas, Nora and their teenage daughter Ida live on remote marshland. Social contact is limited, as they only have one neighbour, Cristina, an Italian painter. As the two households plan a surprise birthday party for Nora, strange disturbances begin to occur and unease rolls over the marsh.

The Birthday Party

2026

Sisters poster
4.9

For thirty years, French-Algerian sisters Zorah, Nohra and Djamila have been living in the hope of finding their brother Rheda, abducted by their father, and hidden in newly decolonised Algeria. Their relationship is shaken when Zorah, the eldest sister, decides to write a play based on the traumatising events of their childhood that haunted them their whole life. But when they learn that their father is dying, the three sisters decide to go to Algeria to seize their last opportunity to have him reveal where their brother is. When the past catches up, the three sisters have no choice but to put their differences aside.

Sisters

2021

Blackbird poster
5.5

In the depths of winter, a mysterious young woman lands in a caravan camping in the middle of a forest. There, she meets two other lonely souls: a taciturn former boxer turned hunter and a young dreamer with a passion for puzzles, working at the reception desk. By her side, a blackbird seems to follow her like a shadow, its songs resonating like an echo from the past.

Blackbird

2025

The Gravity poster
5.5

As a mysterious planetary alignment sets the sky on fire, two brothers are reunited with a childhood friend.

The Gravity

2023

Three Nights a Week poster
6.7

When young Baptiste meets Cookie Kunty, a young Parisian drag queen, he feels compelled to start a new photographic project.

Three Nights a Week

2022

Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2026 poster
NR

Actors and actresses awarded a César recount that rare and unique moment when they hear their name announced as the recipient of this prestigious award.

Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2026

2026

Singing Jailbirds poster
6.0

Luc, a renowned opera singer, agrees to run a singing workshop at a women’s prison over the course of a summer. Although initially wary of him, Carole, Jeannine, Noor, Jess, Marzena and Catherine eventually capture his full attention. Luc soon finds himself confronted by the unpredictable and clashing temperaments of these challenging inmates, whilst the prison is in turmoil. How will he manage to harmonise their voices? Will he be able – and at what cost – to make them feel a semblance of freedom through song?

Singing Jailbirds

2022

Au-delà des murs poster
6.5

Lina, is getting ready to go to the Baumettes' prison to attend her very first visit with her lately incarcerated boyfriend. His daughter Sofia tries to dissuade her. Their life is better without him.

Au-delà des murs

2022

Pygmalionnes poster
3.5

No synopsis available yet.

Pygmalionnes

2020

2010s · 31 titles

House of Pleasures poster
6.5

The dawn of the 20th century: L’Apollonide, a luxurious and traditional brothel in Paris, is living its last days. In this closed world, where some men fall in love and others become viciously harmful, the women share their secrets, their fears, their joys and their pains.

House of Pleasures

2011

The Source poster
6.6

A comedy/drama set in a village and centered on a battle of the sexes, where women threaten to withhold sexual favours as long as the men refuse to install a water pipe.

The Source

2011

Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno poster
6.7

Amin, an aspiring screenwriter living in Paris, returns home for the summer, in Sète, South of France. It is a time of reconnecting with his family and his childhood friends. Together with his cousin Tony and his best friend Ophélie, he spends his time between the Tunisian restaurant run by his parents, the local bars and the beaches frequented by girls on holiday.

Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno

2018

Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo poster
4.4

Summer is coming to an end, Amin and his friends meet Marie, a young parisian student.

Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo

2019

The Rabbi's Cat poster
7.0

The story of a rabbi and his talking cat, a sharp-tongued feline philosopher brimming with scathing humor and a less than pure love for the rabbi's teenage daughter.

The Rabbi's Cat

2011

Sex Doll poster
5.7

High-priced London call girl Virginie goes about her work as a prostitute with a cool detachment, trading sex with wealthy businessmen for money, but never getting emotionally involved. That all changes when she meets Rupert, an enigmatic stranger with unclear intentions. Risking everything, Virginie plunges into a dangerous affair that puts her between a ruthless madam who forbids romantic attachment and a dark, sexy man who could be her saviour or her downfall.

Sex Doll

2016

You Deserve a Lover poster
5.8

Lila has just broken up with her cheating boyfriend and is disappointed, frustrated and hurt. Looking for love and intimacy, she engages in a series of short-term relationships, while her friends offer up bad advice and her ex tries to win her back.

You Deserve a Lover

2019

Black Tide poster
5.7

When a teenager suddenly disappears without a trace, the case is assigned to an alcoholic police officer who maintains a complicated relationship with his own troubled teenage son, suspected of drug trafficking.

Black Tide

2018

The Bag of Flour poster
4.6

Based on a true story, this beautifully-shot epic traces the life of Sarah, from her early years in a Catholic orphanage in 1970s Belgium, through her rebellious, poverty-stricken teens in a village in the Atlas mountains of Morocco.

The Bag of Flour

2012

Par accident poster
5.4

One evening, Amra, a young Algerian living in France, accidentally runs over a pedestrian. Riddled with guilt and the certainty that she will lose her French identity papers, Amra is miraculously proved innocent by Angélique, a beautiful redhead who is as open and without any hang-ups as Amra is unsociable and introverted. The two young women become friends, but then Angélique's attitude becomes increasingly strange, indeed, even troubling...

Par accident

2015

On My Way poster
6.4

Deneuve plays sassy grandmother Bettie who takes to the road after being betrayed by her lover and learning her business is on the verge of bankruptcy on the same day. During a weeklong odyssey across France, she spends time with a grandson she hardly knows and reconnects with her past as former Miss Brittany through a reunion for former beauty queens.

On My Way

2013

This Teacher poster
5.2

A reunion between two childhood friends goes awry in this disquieting portrait of a young Muslim woman visiting New York for the first time.

This Teacher

2018

Féminin plurielles poster
5.0

Sweet works in a hospital as a nurse. A new patient has just been admitted. Her mysterious side and her literary tastes fascinate the young woman. Delphine, executive in the same establishment, welcomes a German photographer who came for a report. The attraction is immediate between the two women. Hafsia, who wears the veil and could be refused an exam, meets an exuberant young man whom she falls in love with. She must hide this relationship from her father ...

Féminin plurielles

2018

The Marchers poster
6.3

In 1983, in France experiencing intolerance and racial violence , three young teens and the priest Minguettes launching a largely peaceful march for equality and against racism, over 1,000 km between Marseille and Paris . Despite the difficulties and resistance encountered, their movement will bring about a real boost of hope in the way of Gandhi and Martin Luther King. They unite with their arrival more than 100 000 people from all walks of life and give France its new face.

The Marchers

2013

Jimmy Rivière poster
4.0

Jimmy Rivière is a young Gypsy, has a sunny but nervous disposition. Sometimes too nervous. Under pressure from his community, he converts to Pentacostalism and renounces his two passions: Thai boxing and Sonia. But how can he refuse the new fight that his trainer proposes? And how can he resist the powerful desire that draws him to Sonia?

Jimmy Rivière

2011

War Story poster
4.1

Lee is a world-weary American woman who arrives in an Italian city. Her tangles with hotel staff, incessant smoking and her disregard of the persistently ringing telephone hint at her volatility brewing beneath the surface. Between fitful naps, she wanders the streets, snapping pictures of refugees as if her camera were both weapon and olive branch. Struggling to confront her demons, Lee resolves to help a beautiful young woman in need.

War Story

2014

Inheritance poster
4.7

A Palestinian family living in the north of Galilee gathers to celebrate the wedding of one of their daughters, as war rages between Israel and Lebanon. Internal conflicts explode between the family - secrets are revealed and lies are unmasked. The battles between different family members become as merciless as the outside war once their father falls into a coma and inches toward death.

Inheritance

2012

Joseph et la fille poster
NR

Joseph has just spent 20 years in prison. After being released, he has only one obsession: to make one last heist. To perform this masterpiece, he needs an accomplice. He cannot trust anyone, so decides to prepare Julie, 20 years old. The confusion and uncertainty, however, stand between these two beings so opposite ...

Joseph et la fille

2010

The Blind and the Cardinal poster
NR

Thomas is seduced by Julie and tells her stories in which he was involved or that he witnessed. All of them pose the question of what links and binds us to each other. But are we capable of perceiving this singular and poetic mystery?

The Blind and the Cardinal

2016

My Sense of Modesty poster
7.5

Hafsia, a student in Art History, is going to have to remove her hijab for an oral exam. She goes to the Louvre to view the painting that she has to comment on.

My Sense of Modesty

2013

No artwork available
4.3

Sabrinette, vitim of the crisis, looks for a flat. Not easy to find when we are a temporary worker, young, with untidy hair, or too much this, or not enough that. An injustice made for one is a threat made for all. When we look with the plan of Monopoly, we necessarily hope to fall on the lucky square.

Paris monopole

2010

Pour Djamila poster
4.1

No synopsis available yet.

Pour Djamila

2012

Des Plans Sur La Comète poster
4.0

Two small time crooks brothers fall apart when they both meet very different women

Des Plans Sur La Comète

2017

Of Skin and Men poster
5.7

Amel is a young photographer. When she loses her husband, her life changes. Encouraged by her father-in-law, she takes a taste of life by photographing street boys. Without fear of being scandalous, she makes the choice to look at men as men look at women.

Of Skin and Men

2018

Ma compagne de nuit poster
4.1

Julia is suffering from a terminal illness. While in hospital she encounters Marine and, taking advantage of the young woman's precarious financial situation, makes her an offer. In exchange for a weekly 1000 euro payment, Marine will accompany Julia to her death. An exclusive and singular relationship forms between the two women.

Ma compagne de nuit

2011

Exit Marrakech poster
5.8

When 17-year-old Ben visits his father Heinrich in Marrakech, it is the start of an adventurous journey through a foreign country with a picturesque charm and a rough beauty where everything appears possible — including the chance that father and son will lose each other for good, or find one another again.

Exit Marrakech

2013

Persona non grata poster
4.6

José Nunes and Maxime Charasse are friends and minority partners in a struggling construction company. Faced with the need to protect their interests, they make a radical decision and find themselves bound by a dark secret.

Persona non grata

2019

Certifiée Halal poster
3.2

In the Maghreb, Hajj Achour's plans for his daughter Sultana's marriage unravel when a defective dowry takes center stage. Meanwhile, in France, activism meets family tradition as Kenza confronts gender norms, leading to a chaotic wedding where secrets collide.

Certifiée Halal

2015

No artwork available
NR

Matteo, a young man of Italian origin, accompanied by his parents, came to ask Nina's family, of North African origin, for her hand in marriage. This is an important ritual in their eyes, called the Rodba. But that's without counting on the presence of the tumultuous Aya, Nina's sister, who is determined to film this moment to fulfill her dream of becoming a director.

Le Rodba

2011

No artwork available
NR

The French Trilogy showcases a series of 62 photographs taken by Philippe Terrier-Hermann with 25 actors in 6 French regions echoing his previous project, The American Tetralogy. Questioning the relationship between cinema, landscapes and representations, this project features a song by Edward Barrow and was visible in public space in France during the summer of 2013, through a distribution system borrowing from advertising strategies.

The French Trilogy

2013

No artwork available
5.0

Safiye is a home helper for Mrs. Wilouse, a jealous old bourgeois woman who harasses her. Safiye dreams of leaving her for a "real job." Mrs. Wilouse takes it badly...

Un vrai job

2017

2000s · 8 titles

The Secret of the Grain poster
7.0

In southern France, a Franco-Arabic shipyard worker along with his partner's daughter pursues his dream of opening a restaurant.

The Secret of the Grain

2007

Buried Secrets poster
5.7

A teenager unwittingly reveals a terrible family secret to her new neighbors.

Buried Secrets

2009

A Man and His Dog poster
5.8

An elderly gentleman and his dog find themselves out of a home with little means.

A Man and His Dog

2009

The King of Escape poster
5.9

43-year-old Armand Lacourtade, a man who sells farm machines in the country, is getting sick of his homosexual life. When he encounters a young girl called Curly, he changes sides. Chased by her parents and the police, they brave all dangers to live this forbidden love and become an odd couple. But is it really what Armand dreamed about?

The King of Escape

2009

Française poster
6.1

A determined young woman goes up against the Moroccan traditions where the only way for a girl is marriage and children.

Française

2008

Ravages poster
4.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ravages

2007

Dawn of the World poster
5.0

The Mesopotamian Marshes, at the delta of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, in the south of Iraq. This is where Mastour and Zahra grow up. Shortly after their marriage, Mastour and Zahra are forced to separate when the Gulf War breaks out. On the battlefield, Mastour befriends Riad, a young soldier from Baghdad. Mortally wounded, Mastour makes Riad promise to protect Zahra when the war is over. When Riad arrives in the village, he falls deeply in love with Zahra. But unable to bear the loss of her husband, Zahra shuts herself off. In this completely foreign environment that is hostile to this newcomer, and as a new conflict is on the verge of inflaming the whole area, Riad will do the impossible to find his place.

Dawn of the World

2009

Sueur poster
7.5

Reedit of the last sequence of The Secret of the Grain, turned into a 43-minute medium-length film, in which Rym sings and performs her famous belly dance, accompanied by the music band, as they all heat up the euphoric restaurant crowd.

Sueur

2008

Series credits

Behind the camera

The Little Sister poster
6.6

When Fatima leaves her close-knit suburban family to study philosophy in Paris, she finds herself caught between her religious upbringing and the freedom of student life in the city.

The Little Sister

2025

The Little Sister poster
6.6

When Fatima leaves her close-knit suburban family to study philosophy in Paris, she finds herself caught between her religious upbringing and the freedom of student life in the city.

The Little Sister

2025

You Deserve a Lover poster
5.8

Lila has just broken up with her cheating boyfriend and is disappointed, frustrated and hurt. Looking for love and intimacy, she engages in a series of short-term relationships, while her friends offer up bad advice and her ex tries to win her back.

You Deserve a Lover

2019

You Deserve a Lover poster
5.8

Lila has just broken up with her cheating boyfriend and is disappointed, frustrated and hurt. Looking for love and intimacy, she engages in a series of short-term relationships, while her friends offer up bad advice and her ex tries to win her back.

You Deserve a Lover

2019

You Deserve a Lover poster
5.8

Lila has just broken up with her cheating boyfriend and is disappointed, frustrated and hurt. Looking for love and intimacy, she engages in a series of short-term relationships, while her friends offer up bad advice and her ex tries to win her back.

You Deserve a Lover

2019

Good Mother poster
6.3

Nora, a cleaning lady in her fifties, looks after her small family in a housing estate in the northern part of Marseille. She is worried about her grandson Ellyes, who has been in prison for several months for robbery and is awaiting his trial with a mixture of hope and anxiety. Nora does everything she can to make this wait as painless as possible.

Good Mother

2021

Good Mother poster
6.3

Nora, a cleaning lady in her fifties, looks after her small family in a housing estate in the northern part of Marseille. She is worried about her grandson Ellyes, who has been in prison for several months for robbery and is awaiting his trial with a mixture of hope and anxiety. Nora does everything she can to make this wait as painless as possible.

Good Mother

2021

The Playground poster
6.0

After years of traveling, Anyas parents have decided to return from Australia to their native France, and she has to attend a public school for the first time in her life. But normal everyday school life quickly causes problems for the girl. On the first day, she gets a shot with a soccer ball on the head. When no one wants to apologize for this, a violent argument immediately ensues. So she messed it up with the locals right from the start. Anya becomes an outsider, which doesn't even really bother her. But Zoé, Nils and Jade, who are also a bit different, take care of her. A new clique is formed. But the pretty outsider would prefer to be friends with Nathan, the school director's son. But he gives her the cold shoulder because it wouldn't be cool to be interested in girls in front of his buddies. Meanwhile, the girls hatch a plan to win their place in the schoolyard. A real fight ensues between the students. Now it's girls against boys. But how far can a dispute between children go?

The Playground

2022

No artwork available
NR

Adèle seems happy with Richard, the doctor she married. Yet she can't help collecting conquests.

Adèle

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No artwork available
NR

Matteo, a young man of Italian origin, accompanied by his parents, came to ask Nina's family, of North African origin, for her hand in marriage. This is an important ritual in their eyes, called the Rodba. But that's without counting on the presence of the tumultuous Aya, Nina's sister, who is determined to film this moment to fulfill her dream of becoming a director.

Le Rodba

2011