Laïla Marrakchi’s third feature, “La Más Dulce” (“Strawberries” in English), has secured US theatrical distribution, H24info reports. Artmattan acquired the rights, according to the Paris-based company Lucky Number. The film was chosen to represent Morocco in the best international feature category at the 2027 Oscars, and the announcement is part of a series of new distribution deals confirming interest in it.
Beyond the United States, the film will be distributed in Italy by Wanted, in Poland by Aurora, in Portugal by Midas, in Hungary by Vertigo and in the Baltic states by A-One Baltics. These add to earlier agreements in Austria, Greece, Germany, the Benelux, the former Yugoslav countries and Bulgaria. Jour2Fête will handle France, Asdo Films Spain and Praesens Film Switzerland.
The film follows a Moroccan woman, played by Nisrin Erradi, who travels to Spain to work in strawberry fields to earn enough to buy housing for her children. Behind that dream, she and other migrant women workers face harsh working conditions, abuse and sexual harassment. Confronted with this violence, the women decide to unite to defend their rights.
It is a co-production between France (Lumen), Morocco (Mont Fleuri Production), Spain (Fasten Films) and Belgium (Mirage Films). Marrakchi’s earlier features are “Marock” and “Rock the Casbah”. “La Más Dulce” was presented this year in the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival.
The film had its US premiere in Los Angeles on November 8 at The American French Film Festival. This month it is due to receive a gala screening at the Marrakech International Film Festival, where it had previously won the post-production prize of the Atlas Workshops in 2025.