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La Más Dulce
Synopsis
Two young women leave their native Morocco and go to southern Spain for a season of strawberry picking. The pay promised by the greenhouse owners gives them hope for a better life when they return, both for themselves and for their families. Faced with abuse and harassment, however, with the help of a lawyer, they will denounce what they’ve endured, risking everything in the process.
Tristan Galand
Jean-François Elie
Nisrin Erradi, Hajar Graigaa, Hind Braik, Fatima Attif, Larbi Mohammed Ajbar
Lumen (France)
Juliette Schrameck
Fasten Seat Belt (Spain)
Adrià Monés Murlans
Mont Fleuri Production (Morocco)
Saïd Hamich Benlarbi
Mirage Films (Belgium)
Elisa Heene
Diaphana Distribution (France)
Michel Saint-Jean
Director’s statement
he fruit available year-round in European supermarkets hides an invisible world of workers from Africa and Eastern Europe who suffer a form of modern exploitation while working for this huge industry.Spain is the leading exporter of this red gold. La Más Dulce tells the story of this world from the perspective of young Moroccan women who leave their home to work as seasonal pickers in Andalusia. Beyond immersing us in their reality, the film reveals their courage, their determination, and their struggle to denounce the injustices and abuses they suffer. It also shows that, despite the initial promise of freedom and financial independence that leads to forced exile that ultimately distances them from their families and their country, an unbreakable bond is formed between them. Through their voices, this struggle and sisterhood become their connection to the world.
Biographies
Laïla Marrakchi was born and raised in Casablanca and left for Paris at the age of 18 to pursue her studies. Her debut feature-length film, Marock (2005), was presented in the Un Certain Regard section of the Festival de Cannes. Her second feature, Rock the Casbah (2013), boasted a stellar cast, including Hiam Abbass, Nadine Labaki, Lubna Azabal, Morjana Alaoui, and Omar Sharif. Marrakchi has also directed two episodes of Damien Chazelle’s The Eddy for Netflix and worked on several French productions.
In 2024, Juliette Schrameck founded her production company, Lumen, in partnership with Thomas and Mathieu Verhaeghe’s Atelier de Production. Previously, Schrameck was associated with the Agat Films—Ex Nihilo collective, where she co-produced and developed several projects. From 2010 to 2020, she ran mk2 films, the content branch of the mk2 group. She began her career at Les Films du Losange, working in the distribution and international sales of auteur films.
Canal+, Cine+OCS, France 3, France 3 Cinéma, TV5 Monde, Moroccan Cinematographic Center, ICAA Spanish Minority, Arab Funds for arts and culture (AFAC)
2026
