LIKE A VIRGIN

FR / 2020 / 52’ / HD / French, English

Drôle de Trame / France 3 / Public Sénat / Directed by Feriel Ben Mahmoud

Worldwide rights available

TAGS

Tunisia, France, USA, Norway, Africa, Asia, Italy, girls, body, feminism, rights, women, wedding, history, religion

SYNOPSIS

From abstinence movements in the United States and Europe to virginity testing and hymenoplasty in the Maghreb, the film explores the enduring social and cultural obsession with female virginity. While science shows that virginity has no physiological reality, why does it remain such a powerful symbol in contemporary societies?