Women of Virtue
TITLE
Women of Virtue
DIRECTOR
Stéphanie Halfon
COUNTRY
France
YEAR
2021
DURATION
30′
GENRE
Fiction
Overview

Women of Virtue
Etel, a 9-year-old girl who lives in the Hassidic community in Paris, gets her period for the first time. Myriam, her mother, finally looks at her as if she were a woman. Etel is blessed, until she finds out that in her religion, women are considered impure when they have their period.

DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Stéphanie Halfon
Stéphanie was born and raised in Rome in a traditionalist Sephardic family. She then studied in Paris, where she began a career in film production: in charge of development, she supports screenwriters and directors in the writing of their feature films. After a first self-produced film purchased by OCS, Women of Virtue (Les Vertueuses) is her first produced short film and draws on her experience in the Parisian Hassidic community.
Credits
- Director Stéphanie Halfon
- Screenplay Stéphanie Halfon
- Cinematography Evgenia Alexandrova
- Editing
- Cast Lou Bennett, Zineb Triki, Carla Besnaïnou, Olivia Côte
- Producer/s Anne Berjon, Caroline Adrian
- Production Company Mondina Films
- Distributor/s Eroïn Films
Specifications
- Project Title Women of Virtue
- Project Type Fiction
- Completion Date September 30, 2021
- Country of origin France
- Country of filming France
- Language French
- First-time Filmmaker Yes
- Student Project No

Stéphanie Halfon
Stéphanie was born and raised in Rome in a traditionalist Sephardic family. She then studied in Paris, where she began a career in film production: in charge of development, she supports screenwriters and directors in the writing of their feature films. After a first self-produced film purchased by OCS, Women of Virtue (Les Vertueuses) is her first produced short film and draws on her experience in the Parisian Hassidic community.
SELECTIONS & AWARDS

Tirana International Film Festival
Best KIDs +11, 2022