Judith Elmaleh

Articles

• Gad Elmaleh’s New Film Explores Religious Conversion and Family Conflict
  24 September 2022, by Ginette

  Thirteen years after directing his film Coco, Moroccan comedian Gad Elmaleh is back on the cinema scene with a new film titled "Reste un peu" which will be released in theaters on November 16, 2022.
  Unlike Coco, Gad Elmaleh shares the poster of this new film with his family. It is the story of a man (Gad Elmaleh), a Jew living in the United States for three years, who decides to return to France without daring to admit to his family that he is doing it to convert to Catholicism. His (…)

• Gad Elmaleh’s Sister Unveils Family’s Hidden Past in Debut Novel
  22 September 2022, by Prince

  Judith Elmaleh, sister of Gad Elmaleh, was on RTL this Thursday to present her first novel titled "A Queen". A work inspired by a "crazy" family secret, according to the comedian.
  In this first novel published by Editions Robert Laffont, Judith Elmaleh recounts the story of her family, specifically that of her grandmother, who was forcibly married at the age of 14 to her uncle. A family secret discovered "quite late" that she reveals: "They put a beautiful dress on her, she was taken to a (…)