Trivia / Kung Fu Zohra

• Cast the Expert: The self-defense video maker Zohra watches, Franck Ropers, is a self-defense trainer in Real Life and did some videos himself specifically for the film.
• Box Office Bomb: Cost €6 million to produce, and had only over 2500 cinema admissions on its opening day.
• Fake Nationality: Although the ethnicities fit.
  • Zohra was born in Algeria, while Sabrina Ouazani was born in France (from Algerian parents, still).
  • The janitor and kung fu master is Chinese, from Beijing, and doesn't speak French. His actor, Shue Tien, is French, born in France from Chinese parents.
• So My Kids Can Watch: Director and writer Mabrouk el Mechri made the film with his 8 year old daughter in mind.
  "I think there's a cruel lack of films tailored for my daughter that aren't Disney or Marvel. I was 8 years old when I first watched Rocky, I wanted her to have her own Rocky."

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