Baya Kasmi

Born in Toulouse in 1978 Baya Kasmi began working with Michel Leclerc on a TV series about adolescence Âge sensible 2002 before the screenplay for Le Nom des gens 2010 which is said to have been inspired by an autobiographical story won a César award The duo reformed to write La vie très privée de Monsieur Slim 2015 and La lutte des classes 2018 As a director she first established herself successfully in a short format with Jaurais pu être une pute nominated for a César in 2012 for Best Short Film which revealed Vimala Pons alongside Bruno Podalydès The young actress went on to play the lead role in Je suis à vous tout de suite 2015 the directors first feature film She then went on to work as a scriptwriter for example with Thomas Lilti on Hippocrate and Médecin de campagne and it was not until early 2023 that her second feature was released Youssef Salem a du succès starring Ramzy Bedia