Inch'Allah Dimanche

• Fejria Deliba – Zouina
• Rabia Mokeddem – Aïcha, mother
• Amina Annabi – Malika
• Anass Behri – Ali
• Hamza Dubuih – Rachid
• Zinedine Soualem – Ahmed
• Mathilde Seigner – Nicole Briat
• Marie-France Pisier – Manant
• France Darry – Mrs. Donze (neighbor)
• Roger Dumas – Mr. Donze (neighbor)
• Jalil Lespert – Bus driver

Zouina's husband, Ahmed, left Algeria in the 1970s to work in France. As part of the French government's Family Reunification law passed by Prime Minister Jacques Chirac in 1974, Zouina is allowed to move to France from Algeria in order to join her husband, Ahmed. After tearfully leaving her mother behind, Zouina, her mother-in-law, Aicha, and their three children move to France. Zouina struggles to cope with life in a new country and different culture but becomes a prisoner to the tyranny of Aicha and her husband's failures to protect her. Zouina also encounters a host of neighbors, some of which intensify the alienation she feels in her new home but many who extend their hand in friendship. Sunday, when her Ahmed routinely takes his mother out for the day, Zouina and the children are able to explore and search for another Algerian family and genuine human contact. Zouina ultimately finds this family after three weeks but suffers a rejection that mirrors being ripped from her home in Algeria and general rejection from her new home in France. Through her journey Zouina gains her own strength, revels in the community of women she finds home in and is comforted by the emerging feminist dialogue she receives through radio talk shows like Ménie Grégoire.

This is Beguigui's first feature-length fiction film, and is based on her family's experience moving to France, as well as the struggles for autonomy Algerian women continue to face. Although she was urged to change the name of the film after the September 11 attacks, she chose to keep the original title, a portion of which is in Algerian Arabic.{{cite web |date=January 22, 2002 |title=Inch' Allah dimanche au cinéma d'Aubergenville |url=http://www.courrierdemantes.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/7105 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040722144937/http://courrierdemantes.com/news/archivestory.php/aid/7105/Inch%92_Allah_dimanche_au_cin%E9ma_d'Aubergenville.html |archive-date=2004-07-22 |access-date=2009-03-26 |work=Le courier de Mantes |language=French}}

The film contains a variety of French, Algerian Arabic, and Kabyle language music. Many of the tracks are performed by Algerian musician Idir.

1. "Ageggig" – Idir (A. Mouhed, Idir)
2. "Al Laïl" – Alain Blesing (Alain Blesing)
3. "Apache" – The Shadows (Jerry Lordan)
4. "Isefra" – Idir (M. Benhammadouche, Idir)
5. "Djebel" – Aziz Bekhti
6. "Cenud" – Nourredine Chenoud
7. "Snitraw" – Idir
8. "Le Premier Bonheur du Jour" – Françoise Hardy (Franck Gerald, Jean Renard)
9. "Djin" – Alain Blesing
10. "Temzi (Mon Enfance)" – Hamou (Hamou, Ben Mohamed, Eric Amah, Caroline Pascaud-Blandin)
11. "Sssendu" – Idir
12. "Raoul" – Souad Massi

Inch'Allah Dimanche had its world premiere on September 14, 2001, at Toronto International Film Festival.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}} It was also screened at the International Festival of Women in Cinema (then at Arcachon; later moved and renamed Bordeaux International Festival of Women in Cinema),{{cite web |last=Guide |first=Service |title=Le cinéma au féminin |website=Libération |date=13 September 2001 |url=https://www.liberation.fr/culture/2001/09/14/le-cinema-au-feminin_377054/ |language=fr |access-date=7 November 2024}} Marrakech International Film Festival, Amiens International Film Festival, Reel Dame Film Festival, Crossroads Film Festival, and Cairo International Film Festival.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}

The film was released in cinemas across France on December 5, 2001,{{cite web |title=Inch'Allah Sunday de Yamina Benguigui (2000) |website=Unifrance |date=17 April 2003 |url=https://en.unifrance.org/movie/21480/inch-allah-sunday |access-date=7 November 2024}} and played 79 cinemas across three weeks.

Inch'Allah Dimanche received mixed reviews. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes only showed two critics' reviews, giving it a score of 71%.{{cite web |title=Inch'Allah Sunday |website=Rotten Tomatoes |date=6 October 2024 |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/inchallah_dimanche |access-date=7 November 2024}}

Lisa Nesselson of Variety worte "Narrative is often bittersweet but never dreary. Nicely rendered period design jolts the viewer with reminders that provincial France in the mid-'70s was still closer to WWII than to the present and that today's relatively harmonious multicultural society was hard won indeed." She reported that he film had opened in France to mostly positive reviews.{{cite web |last=Nesselson |first=Lisa |title=Inch'Allah Sunday |website=Variety |date=4 January 2002 |url=https://variety.com/2002/film/reviews/inch-allah-sunday-1200552058/ |access-date=7 November 2024}}

James Travers, writing on Films de France, praised Deliba's performance, but found the film "marred by its excesses", and felt that it could have been more potent if the performances were toned down a bit.{{cite web |last=Travers |first=James |title=Review of the film Inch'Allah dimanche (2001) |website=filmsdefrance.com |url=http://www.filmsdefrance.com/review/inch-allah-dimanche-2001.html |access-date=7 November 2024}}

• Winner - FIPRESCI Prize (International Society of Film Critics' award for best film) at the Toronto International Film Festival{{cite web |title="Amelie" and "Inch’Allah Dimanche," Toronto prizewinners |website=Unifrance |date=17 September 2001 |url=https://en.unifrance.org/news/228/amelie-and-inch-allah-dimanche-toronto-prizewinners |access-date=7 November 2024}}{{cite web |title=Toronto Film Festival draws to a close on a somber note |website=Chicago Tribune |date=17 September 2001 |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2001/09/17/toronto-film-festival-draws-to-a-close-on-a-somber-note/ |access-date=7 November 2024}}
• Winner of three awards at the International Festival of Women in Cinema, including:{{cite web |title=Soutiens |website=Cinéma Vérité |url=https://www.cinema-verite.org/soutiens.php |language=fr |access-date=7 November 2024}}
• Golden Wave Award
• Audience Choice Award - International Festival of Women in Cinema{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}
• Best Actress - International Festival of Women in Cinema{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}
• Winner of the Golden Star (Étoile d'or)/Grand prix) at the inaugural Marrakech International Film Festival{{cite web|url=http://www.festivalmarrakech.info/Palmares_a37.html |title=Awards 2001 |access-date=2012-10-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120042904/http://www.festivalmarrakech.info/Palmares_a37.html |archive-date=2012-01-20 }}{{cite web |title=Inch'Allah Dimanche |website=Film Movement |date=28 September 2018 |url=https://www.filmmovement.com/product/inch-allah-dimanche |access-date=7 November 2024}}{{cite web|title=Inch'Allah Dimanche|url=http://www.filmmovement.com/downloads/press/InchPressKit.pdf|access-date=13 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924012817/http://www.filmmovement.com/downloads/press/InchPressKit.pdf|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=dead}}
• Winner - Special Jury Prize - Amiens International Film Festival
• Nominated - Golden Pyramid - Cairo International Film Festival{{cite web|title=Film Movement|url=http://www.filmmovement.com/filmcatalog/index.asp?MerchandiseID=8|website=Film Movement|access-date=13 April 2015|archive-date=January 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102230048/http://www.filmmovement.com/filmcatalog/index.asp?MerchandiseID=8|url-status=dead}}

The film was Algeria's official submission for the foreign-language film Academy Award.

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{{Grand prix at the Marrakech International Film Festival Awards}}

{{Algerian submission for Academy Awards}}

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