The Braid
India. Smita is an untouchable. She dreams of seeing her daughter escape her miserable condition and enter school. Italy. Giulia works in her father’s workshop. When he has an accident, she discovers that the family business is ruined. Canada. Sarah, a successful lawyer, is about to be promoted to the head of her firm when she learns that she is ill. Three lives, three women, three continents. Three battles to fight. Although they don’t know each other, Smita, Giulia and Sarah are unknowingly linked by their most intimate and singular bond.
- Year: 2023
- Country: Belgium, Canada, France, Italy
- Genre: Drama, Comedy
- Studio: Curiosa Films, Moana Films, Forum Films, Indigo Film, SND, Panache Productions, La Compagnie Cinématographique, France 2 Cinéma, Proximus, VOO, BeTV
- Keyword: canada, upper class, italy, middle class, breast cancer, debt, hair, poverty, india, wig, woman lawyer, woman director, social class, lower class, dalit, women fighting, women workers
- Director: Laetitia Colombani
- Cast: Kim Raver, Fotinì Peluso, Mia Maelzer, Katharine King So, Avi Nash, Sarah Abbott
