Miskina, Poor Thing
TV Show · Comedy

Fara, 30 years old, unemployed, single and short-sighted, lives with her family and is constantly questioning her relationships, her work, and her faith. At a turning point in her life, she is forced to make choices in order to move forward.

2022 · 32m
Starring Melha Bedia, Shirine Boutella, Hakim Jemili
Director Melha Bedia, Yoann Gromb

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    Mabrouk
    Surrounded by friends and family, Fara helps organise her sister Safia and her husband Maxime's wedding as best she can. Her grandmother Rania refuses to leave the kitchen to attend the wedding.
    32 min
  • EPISODE 2
    Hunger Management
    Maxime takes his new spiritual path and Safia is upset with her sister. Fara has to make amends if she is to return to the family home after she finally decides to do Ramadan properly.
    24 min
  • EPISODE 3
    The Kiwi Syndrome
    Fara is jealous of Nassim and Chérifa's budding relationship. Mariam advises her to tell him how she feels so as not to miss her chance. Fara must first go to the scrapyard with Damien to recover what is left of his food truck.
    23 min
  • EPISODE 4
    One Two Three
    Fara does not want to join her friends to watch the France-Algeria football match. For Najet, the evening brings back memories of when she met her daughters' father, Kader, in 975.
    28 min
  • EPISODE 5
    The Chicken or the Egg
    Damien finds Rania on the kitchen floor during the night. Everyone ends up in the hospital and settles scores. Fara realises that it is time for her to take steps to find her father.
    27 min
  • EPISODE 6
    Oran the Radiant
    Fara and Safia are in Oran. They have two days to find a new tajine for Rania. Fara uses this time to get to know her Algerian family and the country better, which Safia dislikes as she wants to go back as soon as possible.
    28 min

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Cast & Crew

  • Melha Bedia
    Fara
  • Shirine Boutella
    Actor
  • Hakim Jemili
    Actor
  • Victor Belmondo
    Actor
  • Xavier Lacaille
    Actor
  • A‌B
    Alka Balbir
    Actor
  • Melha Bedia
    Director
  • Y‌G
    Yoann Gromb
    Director
  • Xavier Lacaille
    Director
  • Melha Bedia
    Writer
  • Y‌G
    Yoann Gromb
    Writer

About

Miskina, Poor Thing

Comedy

Fara, 30 years old, unemployed, single and short-sighted, lives with her family and is constantly questioning her relationships, her work, and her faith. At a turning point in her life, she is forced to make choices in order to move forward.

Information

Studio
Amazon Studios
Released
2022
Region of Origin
France

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Subtitles

English (United States) , Arabic (world) , Chinese, Simplified , Chinese, Traditional , Czech (Czechia) , Danish (Denmark) , Dutch (Netherlands) , Filipino (Philippines) , Finnish (Finland) , French (France) (SDH), German (Germany) , Greek (Greece) , Hebrew (Israel) , Hindi (India) , Hungarian (Hungary) , Indonesian (Indonesia) , Italian (Italy) , Japanese (Japan) , Korean (South Korea) , Malay (Malaysia) , Norwegian Bokmål (Norway) , Polish (Poland) , Portuguese (Brazil) , Portuguese (Portugal) , Romanian (Romania) , Russian (Russia) , Spanish (Latin America) , Spanish (Spain) , Swedish (Sweden) , Tamil (India) , Telugu (India) , Thai (Thailand) , Turkish (Türkiye) , Ukrainian (Ukraine) , Vietnamese (Vietnam)

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Audio descriptions (AD) refer to a narration track describing what is happening on screen to provide context for those who are blind or have low vision.
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