High Estate is inspired by the stories of those who lived in the Assas Tower, a significant building housing people in a deprived area of Montpellier. The 76 meter high building is due to be demolished in 2024. The film follows, Saina, a Moroccan woman who moves into the tower block in 1972. The film follows her from decade to decade, and we see the small moments that make up a life unfold within the four walls. Saina builds a home across the years, and, as her life progresses, the story moves closer to the inevitable destruction of the place she calls home.
Rebecca Gallon
Director, Writer
Yassine Aïssaoui
Director, Writer
Rym Foglia
Amina Mansouri
Najim Zeghoudi
Ahmed Ouazani
Hamzah Raja Mohammad
Hamid
Yasmina Talibi
Saïna Gueddouri
Yassine Aïssaoui
Kamel
Farming62%
Reading Lolita in Tehran73%
What Maisie Knew71%
Fast Girls60%
Eleanor the Great68%
Night Always Comes60%
La joven69%
Georgetown59%
The Nest60%
Holy Lands61%
Skin64%
TalhotBlond63%
Gracie61%
Strange Weather58%
Brotherly Love70%
Lorelei59%
The Poker House62%
167%
Starving in Suburbia65%
Home67%
