Nadia et les hippopotames 2000

Single mother Nadia is surviving on welfare while transport strikes are paralyzing France in December 1995. While watching the news, she recognizes the father of her child among the strikers and decides to go and search for him. But she has nowhere to go. The film, shot almost entirely at night, carries documentary qualities, part of which is due to the appearances of actual railroad workers in several group scenes.

Cast:

Ariane Ascaride
Nadia 

Marilyne Canto
Claire 

Thierry Frémont
Serge 

Philippe Fretun
Jean-Paul 

• Nadia and the Hippos