The Braid: 1.3 million viewers but not a true story

The Braid, broadcast on France 2, has attracted 1.3 million viewers since its theatrical release on 29 November 2023. The feature film tells the intertwined fate of three women - Smita, Giulia and Sarah - living on three continents, linked by the same thread. According to AlloCiné, it is not an adaptation of a true story; it is based on the novel The Braid published in 2017, whose heroines are fictional. The screenwriter, however, relied on real facts: the Indian hair trade and wig practices, discovered during a visit to a temple and a personal experience with a friend who has cancer. The film thus builds a fiction from concrete observations.