Flesh Out

Three months to go before Verida is due to marry. According to a Mauritanian tradition, she is supposed to gain weight to please her husband. The more Verida gains weight, the more she suffers and begins to turn in on herself. "FLESH OUT is a soulful, sensitively made film. The film sensitively portrays the sensibilities of a protagonist living between the dutiful traditions and less restrictive social patterns of an increasingly globalized society, and paints a sensitive portrait of a woman who becomes aware of a misogynistic conditioning disguised as cultural convention." (Variety)

Keywords

  • #AccelerateAction | Internationaler Frauentag 2025
  • Award Winning
  • Body Images
  • Gender
  • Italian Movies
  • Politics: Human Rights
  • Sooner Exclusives
  • Sooner Exclusives: Stories that Matter
  • Africa
  • women

Actors

  • Verida Beitta Ahmed Deiche
  • Amal Saad Bouh Oumar
  • Aminetou Souleimane
  • Sidi Mohamed Chinghaly

Director

  • Michela Occhipinti

Drama


1h 34min


16+

AR


DE

Italy
2019
A young woman in Mauritania, is forced to gain weight to meet traditional beauty standards before her upcoming wedding.

A young woman in Mauritania, is forced to gain weight to meet traditional beauty standards before her upcoming wedding.


Three months to go before Verida is due to marry. According to a Mauritanian tradition, she is supposed to gain weight to please her husband. The more Verida gains weight, the more she suffers and begins to turn in on herself.


"FLESH OUT is a soulful, sensitively made film. The film sensitively portrays the sensibilities of a protagonist living between the dutiful traditions and less restrictive social patterns of an increasingly globalized society, and paints a sensitive portrait of a woman who becomes aware of a misogynistic conditioning disguised as cultural convention." (Variety)

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