Film: "Six Pieds sur Terre" ("Six Feet on the Ground") (2023) (Francophone Film Festival)

• Event Date: Friday, October 10, 2025
• Time: 6:30 pm–8:30 pm (CDT)
• Location: Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL

• Film

Quick Stats

• French film by Karim Bensalah
• 2023
• 1 hour 36 minutes
• Dramatic comedy
• with Hamza Meziani, Kader Affak, Souad Arsane

Themes

• North Africa – Maghreb,
• Mourning,
• Student,
• Exile,
• Family,
• Death

Film Description and Details

Sofiane, the son of a former Algerian diplomat, has traveled extensively. Settled in Lyon for his studies, he falls victim to an administrative decision and lives under the threat of deportation. Hoping to regularize his situation, he accepts a job at a Muslim funeral home. Between parties, encounters, and his work, Sofiane embarks on an initiatory journey that will lead him to build his own identity and gradually transition into adulthood.

Sponsorisé par Spurlock Museum, Villa Albertine, Institut Français du Cinéma, Centre d’Excellence et UIUC-Department of French & Italian Organisé par Prof. Aurore Mroz (FRIT) (external link), Nico Norris (external link), Macha Petre (GSFRIT) (external link).

Read more about the Francophone Film Festival (external link).

All films will have English subtitles.