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Besties

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38 feature instances
31 referencing feature instances

Besties	type	TVTItem
Besties	label	Besties
Besties	page	Besties
Besties	comment	Besties (Les Meilleures in French) is a 2021 French romantic drama film directed and written by Marion Desseigne-Ravel, in her feature film debut.Nedjma (Lina El Arabi) is an 18 year old girl of Algerian descent living in the Goutte d'Or district in the 18th arrondissement of Paris. She is part of a group with other girls, and they have a fierce rivalry with another female group. But then, over time, she grows feelings of a nature she has troubles to understand for Zina (Esther Rollande), the cousin of a member of the rival group who lives in the same building as her.
Besties	fetched	2024-05-02T00:02:47Z
Besties	parsed	2024-05-02T00:02:48Z
Besties	isPartOf	DBTropes
Besties / int_13505e56	type	Lesbian Jock
Besties / int_13505e56	comment	Lesbian Jock: Nedjma likes soccer, playing often with a boy she knows. She falls for a girl, which is the focus of the film.
Besties / int_13505e56	featureApplicability	1.0
Besties / int_13505e56	featureConfidence	1.0
Besties	hasFeature	Besties / int_13505e56
Besties / int_191535aa	type	Eiffel Tower Effect
Besties / int_191535aa	comment	Eiffel Tower Effect: Amusingly, the story is set in Paris but the Eiffel Tower is never seen. There is, however, a shot with another of the city's instantly recognizable landmarks, the SacrÃ© Coeur basilica of Montmartre.
Besties / int_191535aa	featureApplicability	1.0
Besties / int_191535aa	featureConfidence	1.0
Besties	hasFeature	Besties / int_191535aa
Besties / int_23cc7485	type	I Want Grandkids
Besties / int_23cc7485	comment	I Want Grandkids: Nedjma's mother expects that she'll find a nice man to have a family with, not knowing that she's in a lesbian relationship.
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Besties / int_23cc7485	featureConfidence	1.0
Besties	hasFeature	Besties / int_23cc7485
Besties / int_2bf993ad	type	Secret Relationship
Besties / int_2bf993ad	comment	Secret Relationship: Nedjma and Zina keep their relationship a secret, until the day Nedjma's group stumbles upon them kissing, with one of them stealing Nedjma's cellphone and looking at the SMS the two exchanged.
Besties / int_2bf993ad	featureApplicability	1.0
Besties / int_2bf993ad	featureConfidence	1.0
Besties	hasFeature	Besties / int_2bf993ad
Besties / int_2d364c81	type	Tomboy and Girly Girl
Besties / int_2d364c81	comment	Tomboy and Girly Girl: Nedjma keeps her hair long, but otherwise she's quite tomboyish and wants to maintain a "tough girl" image with her gang, while playing soccer with Sidiki, a neighbor boy, pretty often. Zina meanwhile is the most "conventionally feminine" of the two, though ironically she has slightly shorter hair.
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Besties	hasFeature	Besties / int_2d364c81
Besties / int_312b02ac	type	Lipstick Lesbian
Besties / int_312b02ac	comment	Lipstick Lesbian: Zina is a demure teenage girl with a feminine hairstyle and clothing, falling for tomboy Nedjma. It's indicated she's already embraced being into girls as she has no hesitation, unlike Nedjma, about dating her and even initiates sex (making it possible Zina's slept with a girl prior to this already).
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Besties / int_355bc288	type	Lingerie Scene
Besties / int_355bc288	comment	Lingerie Scene: Nedjma and Zina both take off their shirts, showing their bras, prior to having sex. In keeping with Nedjma's more masculine style, she has on a sports bra, while feminine Zina's is a standard one.
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Besties / int_355bc288	featureConfidence	1.0
Besties	hasFeature	Besties / int_355bc288
Besties / int_3b581a6	type	Forced Out of the Closet
Besties / int_3b581a6	comment	Forced Out of the Closet: Nedjma is outed when her friends find her kissing Zina, her secret girlfriend.
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Besties / int_3b581a6	featureConfidence	1.0
Besties	hasFeature	Besties / int_3b581a6
Besties / int_40cc0c7e	type	Bittersweet Ending
Besties / int_40cc0c7e	comment	Bittersweet Ending: Nedjma gets back with Zina, though in secret, embracing her feelings but unable to be open. We don't know how things are going to work out for them long term, if at all.
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Besties	hasFeature	Besties / int_40cc0c7e
Besties / int_42880452	type	Loving Bully
Besties / int_42880452	comment	Loving Bully: When her group is preparing the cyberbullying of Zina, Nedjma already can't take her eyes off the photos of Zina from her social media profile.
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Besties / int_466ccbb4	type	Gayngst
Besties / int_466ccbb4	comment	Gayngst: Nedjma is deeply troubled and struggles because of her feelings for Zina, admitting to Zina that she feels like there are now "several pieces of [her]" and that her heart feels "like a jackhammer". To her, lesbianism is especially not compatible with the image of "tough girl" she wants to give off as part of her group (even after her group rejects her), and she rapidly gets mockeries once word gets out (with only Sidiki to defend her) and decides to ghost Zina for a time.
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Besties / int_4e3dee88	type	Their First Time
Besties / int_4e3dee88	comment	Their First Time: Nedjma and Zina tenderly have sex on their rooftop hideaway together after both embrace their attraction for each other.
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Besties / int_4e91b042	type	Making Love in All the Wrong Places
Besties / int_4e91b042	comment	Making Love in All the Wrong Places: Nedjma and Zina have Their First Time while on their rooftop hideaway
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Besties / int_532f8e61	type	Instant Humiliation: Just Add YouTube!
Besties / int_532f8e61	comment	Instant Humiliation: Just Add YouTube!: Nedjma's group films Zina while she's in a position that looks like she's giving a guy a blowjob (she isn't), then they upload the video on a social media (implied to be Instagram). A few minutes later the video has already over 150 views and nasty/mocking comments.
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Besties / int_5a365ed2	type	Incompatible Orientation
Besties / int_5a365ed2	comment	Incompatible Orientation: Nedjma kisses her friend Sidiki, a boy she plays soccer with, though it's very clear she's not into it and is just forcing herself. As he starts to move toward having sex with her, Nedjma stops it and leaves, going back to her girlfriend.
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Besties / int_6a3bedce	type	Modesty Bedsheet
Besties / int_6a3bedce	comment	Modesty Bedsheet: After they have Their First Time Zina and Nedjma lie under a blanket together which is drawn up to their chests.
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Besties	hasFeature	Besties / int_6a3bedce
Besties / int_734c5ed2	type	Masculineâ€“Feminine Gay Couple
Besties / int_734c5ed2	comment	Masculineâ€“Feminine Gay Couple: Nedjma is a tomboy who puts up a tough exterior. She and Zina, a much more feminine girl, fall for each other, becoming girlfriends secretly.
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Besties / int_7b7182fe	type	Closet Key
Besties / int_7b7182fe	comment	Closet Key: Nedjma's feelings for Zina make her realize that she isn't straight.
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Besties / int_7b7182fe	featureConfidence	1.0
Besties	hasFeature	Besties / int_7b7182fe
Besties / int_7eb03aee	type	Peer-Pressured Bully
Besties / int_7eb03aee	comment	Peer-Pressured Bully: It's more the pressure of her group of girls than anything else that has Nedjma taking part in the cyberbullying of Zina, which she regrets afterwards.
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Besties	hasFeature	Besties / int_7eb03aee
Besties / int_85832a47	type	Gay Paree
Besties / int_85832a47	comment	Gay Paree: Completely averted. The views of Paris are not very picturesques outside of a shot on the SacrÃ© Coeur basilica of Montmartre, and the story takes place in a low income district mostly inhabited by populations of non-European (mostly North African and Sub-Saharan) origin.
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Besties	hasFeature	Besties / int_85832a47
Besties / int_8cb4b589	type	Symbolic Baptism
Besties / int_8cb4b589	comment	Symbolic Baptism: Nedjma's romance with Zina (and self-discovery as a lesbian) starts after Zina throws her in a canal and helps her getting out of it.
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Besties / int_8cb4b589	featureConfidence	1.0
Besties	hasFeature	Besties / int_8cb4b589
Besties / int_962b9429	type	Social Media Is Bad
Besties / int_962b9429	comment	Social Media Is Bad: Especially when someone films you in an embarrassing position (mimicking a blowjob) and uploads it on social media for everyone to see.
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Besties / int_962b9429	featureConfidence	1.0
Besties	hasFeature	Besties / int_962b9429
Besties / int_973f78d5	type	Test Kiss
Besties / int_973f78d5	comment	Test Kiss: While she's ghosting Zina, Nedjma goes to Sidiki's apartment and kisses him on the mouth, then she realizes she has no feelings for him (or men in general?) and promptly leaves, much to Sidiki's confusion.
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Besties / int_a00f2ac9	type	First Kiss
Besties / int_a00f2ac9	comment	First Kiss: On the day the romance starts, after Zina throws Nedjma in a river and helps her getting out of it, they become friendly to each other. Right upon separating to go in their respective apartments, there's palpable attraction and Nedjma decides to kiss Zina on the lips. Zina lets her do it and later sends an SMS to her asking why she kissed her.
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Besties / int_a1a6c75a	type	Out of the Closet, Into the Fire
Besties / int_a1a6c75a	comment	Out of the Closet, Into the Fire: After she's outed as being into girls, all of Nedjma's friends and her sister (for a time) shun her, while she's mocked by many neighbor kids too who harass her.
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Besties / int_a1a6c75a	featureConfidence	1.0
Besties	hasFeature	Besties / int_a1a6c75a
Besties / int_b709cf7	type	Ambiguously Absent Parent
Besties / int_b709cf7	comment	Ambiguously Absent Parent: Nedjma and Leila's father isn't ever seen nor mentioned. It's left unclear what became of him.
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Besties / int_b709cf7	featureConfidence	1.0
Besties	hasFeature	Besties / int_b709cf7
Besties / int_c43d980	type	Tank-Top Tomboy
Besties / int_c43d980	comment	Tanktop Tomboy: Nedjma is a tomboy who wears tanktops and soccer jersies often. She acts tough and enjoys soccer, while also being into girls.
Besties / int_c43d980	featureApplicability	1.0
Besties / int_c43d980	featureConfidence	1.0
Besties	hasFeature	Besties / int_c43d980
Besties / int_ca5eda76	type	Heteronormative Crusader
Besties / int_ca5eda76	comment	Heteronormative Crusader: Everyone but Zina's cousin mocks, harasses and shuns Nedjma after word gets out that she kissed a girl.
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Besties / int_ca5eda76	featureConfidence	1.0
Besties	hasFeature	Besties / int_ca5eda76
Besties / int_cdad4b25	type	Toxic Friend Influence
Besties / int_cdad4b25	comment	Toxic Friend Influence: When she's part of her group at the beginning, Nedjma is driven to play a very nasty prank on Zina (filming her mimicking a blowjob and uploading the video on social media) but she soon comes to regret it.
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Besties / int_cdad4b25	featureConfidence	1.0
Besties	hasFeature	Besties / int_cdad4b25
Besties / int_edfb8d92	type	The Generation Gap
Besties / int_edfb8d92	comment	The Generation Gap: Nedjma's mother says to her that she doesn't get her generation, who embrace Islam while also judging each other harshly, as she left Algeria with her sister to have more freedom.
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Besties	hasFeature	Besties / int_edfb8d92
Besties / int_f41d8338	type	Laundromat Liaisons
Besties / int_f41d8338	comment	Laundromat Liaisons: Several discussions between Nedjma and other characters, and an eventual gang confrontation, happen at the local laundromat.
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Besties / int_f41d8338	featureConfidence	1.0
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Besties / int_f8a4527f	type	Sitting on the Roof
Besties / int_f8a4527f	comment	Sitting on the Roof: Nedjma and Zina have their most serene, passionate and affectionate romantic encounters on the roof of the building where Nedjma lives. It's during such moments that Nedjma feels the most free to express her feelings and desire for Zina. When she tries to win Zina back after ignoring her, Nedjma puts a tent on the roof.
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Besties	hasFeature	Besties / int_f8a4527f
Besties / int_f8d24fbb	type	BigSisterInstinct
Besties / int_f8d24fbb	comment	Big Sister Instinct: Zina's cousin is very protective of her. Considering the awful prank Nedjma's group did to her, this is fully justified, and she acts a lot like Zina's big sister. Nedjma too is protective regarding her little sister Leila, who's fourteen. She thinks Leila is trying to grow up too fast.
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Besties / int_fa4c90cb	type	Split-Screen Phone Call
Besties / int_fa4c90cb	comment	Split-Screen Phone Call: Video conversations via cellphones are rendered with a split screen.
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Besties / int_fa4c90cb	featureConfidence	1.0
Besties	hasFeature	Besties / int_fa4c90cb
Besties / int_fc1d7df0	type	Cyberbullying
Besties / int_fc1d7df0	comment	Cyberbullying: Nedjma's group films Zina while she's in a position that looks like she's giving a guy a blowjob, then they upload the video on a social media (implied to be Instagram). A few minutes later the video has already over 150 views and nasty/mocking comments. Zina's cousin is naturally furious afterwards and comes to Nedjma and her group the next day at the laundromat to teach them the hard way that you don't mess with her cousin. Then Nedjma deletes the video.
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Besties / int_fcc1378e	type	Pop-Up Texting
Besties / int_fcc1378e	comment	Pop-Up Texting: All of the SMS that are exchanged in the film appear in big letters on the screen as they are typed.
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Besties	hasFeature	Besties / int_fcc1378e
Besties / int_fe432def	type	Contemplation Location
Besties / int_fe432def	comment	Contemplation Location: The building block roof on which Nedjma and Zina fully live their love affair.
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The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

Besties	hasFeature	Closet Key / int_fe512db9
Besties	hasFeature	Cyberbullying / int_fe512db9
Besties	hasFeature	Fake Nationality / int_fe512db9
Besties	hasFeature	Films of the 2020s / int_fe512db9
Besties	hasFeature	First Kiss / int_fe512db9
Besties	hasFeature	Forced Out of the Closet / int_fe512db9
Besties	hasFeature	Gay Paree / int_fe512db9
Besties	hasFeature	Gayngst / int_fe512db9
Besties	hasFeature	Heteronormative Crusader / int_fe512db9
Besties	hasFeature	I Want Grandkids / int_fe512db9
Besties	hasFeature	Incompatible Orientation / int_fe512db9
Besties	hasFeature	Instant Humiliation: Just Add YouTube! / int_fe512db9
Besties	hasFeature	Laundromat Liaisons / int_fe512db9
Besties	hasFeature	Lesbian Jock / int_fe512db9
Besties	hasFeature	Loving Bully / int_fe512db9
Besties	hasFeature	Making Love in All the Wrong Places / int_fe512db9
Besties	hasFeature	Masculineâ€“Feminine Gay Couple / int_fe512db9
Besties	hasFeature	Modesty Bedsheet / int_fe512db9
Besties	hasFeature	Out of the Closet, Into the Fire / int_fe512db9
Besties	hasFeature	Pop-Up Texting / int_fe512db9
Besties	hasFeature	Queer Romance / int_fe512db9
Besties	hasFeature	Secret Relationship / int_fe512db9
Besties	hasFeature	Sitting on the Roof / int_fe512db9
Besties	hasFeature	Social Media Is Bad / int_fe512db9
Besties	hasFeature	Split-Screen Phone Call / int_fe512db9
Besties	hasFeature	Symbolic Baptism / int_fe512db9
Besties	hasFeature	Tank-Top Tomboy / int_fe512db9
Besties	hasFeature	Test Kiss / int_fe512db9
Besties	hasFeature	The Generation Gap / int_fe512db9
Besties	hasFeature	Toxic Friend Influence / int_fe512db9
Besties	hasFeature	Write What You Know / int_fe512db9

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