Les Fraises (Strawberries) — a film by Laïla Marrakchi

Feature film · Cannes 2026 — Un Certain Regard

Les Fraises

A film by Laïla Marrakchi, starring Nisrin Erradi and Hajar Graigaa.

Synopsis

Hasna and Meriem leave Morocco for the first time to work as seasonal labourers in the strawberry greenhouses of Andalusia, hoping to give their families a better life.

Quickly confronted with the harshness of their working conditions, they decide together to stand up to a system that exploits them, at the risk of losing everything.

Poster — Les Fraises (Laïla Marrakchi)

Technical details

Cast & crew

Director
Laïla Marrakchi
Screenplay
Laïla Marrakchi and Delphine Agut
Starring
Nisrin Erradi, Hajar Graigaa, Hind Braik, Fatima Attif, Itsaso Arana
Original title
La más dulce
Genre
Feature film – drama (1h41)
Countries
France, Morocco, Spain, Belgium
Production
Lumen and Atelier de Production, in co-production with Mont Fleuri Production, Fasten Films and Mirage
Festival
Cannes Film Festival 2026 — Official Selection, Un Certain Regard
Oscars
Morocco's submission for Best International Feature Film (2027)
French release
24 March 2027 — distributed by Jour2fête
Status
In festivals

From Cannes to the Oscars

Laïla Marrakchi's third feature film, after Marock and Rock the Casbah, Les Fraises had its world premiere in the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival on 18 May 2026. It was then selected as Morocco's entry for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.

Inspired by real accounts of the working conditions of Moroccan women farmworkers in southern Spain, the film will be released in French cinemas on 24 March 2027.

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