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This article aims to fill in the gaps in studies on French films with the theme of immigrants with the tendency to perceive immigrants as objects considered as a source of problems and resolve conflicts only through violence. This article specifically addresses the negotiation of the cultural identity of immigrants, which is highlighted in French films under a new genre, Beur Cinema, notably in the film Fatima (2015). Film Fatima narrates the daily lives of a North African immigrant mother with two daughters through language barriers and limited access to have a decent life in France. In line with this, the questions posed are, firstly, how the negotiation of the identity of the diaspora is presented in the film, and secondly, how the barriers and solutions to immigrant problems are represented in the films. These two questions intend to explain the pattern of relations between the culture and the country of origin and the integration of immigrants represented in Beur cinema. The data for this study are taken from the film entitled Fatima by the director, Philippe Faucon, a Franco-Algerian filmmaker born in Morocco. Film Fatima will be analyzed by its cinematographic signs using the theory of cinematographic semiotics. This study finds that what has been understood as the cause of the lack of integration of immigrants is mainly that the residence permit is not justified. This research finds that the challenges of immigrants are also represented by difficulties in adapting to language skills, daily life routine, raising children, and even communicating with neighbors and the close community. Faced with all these obstacles, in the film Fatima, violence is not portrayed as a solution to their various problems.
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