Algeria picks 'Papicha' for Best International Film Oscars category
Papichastars Lyna Khoudri as Nedjma, a fashion-obsessed young woman who, together with her girlfriend, Wassila , makes money selling garments they've made made in the bathroom of local dance club to the "papichas," or pretty girls. Like the rest of the country, they will soon be caught up in Algeria's bloody civil war.
But the pair continue to fight for their freedom, and for their dream of staging their own fashion show.Algeria has been nominated four times for the Oscar in what used to be called the foreign-language category. Costa-Gavras' political thrillerThe nominees for the 2020 Oscars will be announced on Jan. 13, 2020. The 92nd Academy Awards will be held on Feb. 9, 2020.
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