“Divines,” which was picked up by Netflix off of Cannes’ Directors Fortnight, will vie for a foreign-language Golden Globe on Jan. 8, alongside Paul Verhoeven’s “Elle.” ...

CANNES -- Netflix has acquired Houda Benyamina’s Camera d'Or winning directorial debut "Divines" and rising Brazilian helmer Kleber Mendonça Filho's critically acclaimed sophomore outing "Aquarius.

Like a delinquent little sister to Celine Sciamma’s Girlhood, debuting writer-director Houda Benyamina’s Divines tells a similar story about a girl from the French hood and her slow nosedive ...

‘Divines’ Trailer: Houda Benyamina’s Prizewinning Cannes Drama Comes to Netflix Next Month. Benyamina won the Camera d'Or for best first film at the French fête. By Michael Nordine ...

‘Divines,” by French-Moroccan director Houda Benyamina, is set in the suburbs of Paris. The teenage Dounia and Maimouna know the limits of what the world will offer them and still dare to want ...