The Dawn of the World, Hafsia Herzi's Highest Rated Film

The Dawn of the World receives the highest rating in Hafsia Herzi's filmography. The film, directed by Abbas Fahdel, is partially inspired by Joseph Conrad's novel Heart of Darkness and follows a young Iraqi soldier tasked with finding the wife portrayed by the actress. Hafsia Herzi, who broke out with The Secret of the Grain (2007) and is a winner of the Marcello-Mastroianni award in Venice as well as the César for Most Promising Actress, was present in Cannes in May, where she presented Histoires de la nuit by Léa Mysius in competition and Quelques mots d’amour by Rudi Rosenberg in the Un Certain Regard selection, playing Erika, a single mother from the 1990s in Sarcelles. With more than 100 ratings and 30 reviews, the film holds an average of 4.2/5, topping her filmography according to AlloCiné.