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Zohra (Sabrina Ouazani), an Algerian woman, marries Omar (Ramzy Bedia) and follows him to France. Omar becomes increasingly violent towards Zohra, but she can't bring herself to demand divorce as she thinks their daughter will suffer from it and despite her friend's advices. Then, one day, she meets a Chinese kung fu master.

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Zohra (Sabrina Ouazani), an Algerian woman, marries Omar (Ramzy Bedia) and follows him to France. Omar grows increasingly frustrated by his own life and becomes increasingly violent towards Zohra, but she can't bring herself to demand divorce as she thinks their daughter will suffer from it and despite her friend's advices. Then, one day, she Zohra meets a Chinese kung fu master.
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''Kung Fu Zohra'' is a 2022 French film directed and written by Mabrouk El Mechri.

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''Kung Fu Zohra'' is a 2022 French film directed and written by Mabrouk El Mechri.
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* CreativeClosingCredits: Zohra mops up the floor of the mall in which she works with a gang of young {{delinquents}} who have come to loot in it during the ClosingCredits.

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* AmicableExes: At the end, Zohra and Omar are divorced. When Omar comes to bring their daughter Zina to Zohra, Zohra proposes him coffee without an issue.



* TheBabyTrap: Zohra has no issue with having a child ([[GoodParents she loves her daughter very much]]), but it's clear Omar uses Zina (the child) to his advantage so Zohra won't leave him.

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* TheBabyTrap: Zohra has no issue with having a child ([[GoodParents she loves her daughter very much]]), but it's clear Omar uses Zina (the child) to his advantage so Zohra won't leave him.
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* FootDraggingDivorcee: Zohra wants to divorce, Omar doesn't want to, and they solve the matter with the big climactic fight.


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* RapidFireFisticuffs: Zohra lands several punches in rapid succession on Omar in the climactic fight.


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* UnskilledButStrong: Omar doesn't practice kung fu, but he's still able to land some powerful blows on Zohra in the climactic fight.

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* WhatTheFuAreYouDoing: While looking for self-defense videos on the Internet, Zohra looks at hilariously bad "methods" that endanger the person more than they help.

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* WhatTheFuAreYouDoing: WeaponsThatSuck: In the climactic fight, Zohra uses the vaccum cleaner to momentarily incapacitate Omar, by having his mouth blocked in its power nozzle via sucking.
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While looking for self-defense videos on the Internet, Zohra looks at hilariously bad "methods" that endanger the person more than they help.help.
** Omar makes increasingly incoherent gestures as Zohra overpowers him in the climactic fight.

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* DeadlyDisc: Zohra throws plates at Omar like frisbees in the climactic fight.



* DoorFu: At one point in her climactic fight with Omar, Zohra deliberately hits Omar's chin when opening the fridge's door.



* RollingPinOfDoom: Zohra crushes Omar's fingers with a rolling pin in the climactic fight, then Omar tries to hit her with it.



** Subverted with the self-defense lessons she follows on the Internet. Her practice with the Chinese master produces much better results.

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** Subverted with the self-defense lessons she Zohra follows on the Internet. Her practice with the Chinese master produces much better results.

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* TheBabyTrap: Zohra has no issue with having a child ([[GoodParents she loves her daughter very much]]), but it's clear Omar uses the child to his advantage so Zohra won't leave him.

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* TheBabyTrap: Zohra has no issue with having a child ([[GoodParents she loves her daughter very much]]), but it's clear Omar uses the child Zina (the child) to his advantage so Zohra won't leave him.



* TaughtByTelevision: Zohra learned French watching French movies such as those of Creator/JeanPaulBelmondo or ''Film/LaVeriteSiJeMens''. Whether or not the HongKongFilms she had at her home in Algeria are dubbed or not isn't specified.

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* TaughtByTelevision: TaughtByTelevision:
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** Subverted with the self-defense lessons she follows on the Internet. Her practice with the Chinese master produces much better results.
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* PressurePoint: The day Zohra really starts to overpower Omar with martial arts, she headlocks him and tells him he will be unconscious after 30 seconds, which really happens.
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''Kung Fu Zohra'' is a 2022 French {{martial arts|movie}} comedy film directed and written by Mabrouk El Mechri.

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''Kung Fu Zohra'' is a 2022 French {{martial arts|movie}} comedy film directed and written by Mabrouk El Mechri.
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* GoodParents: Both Zohra and Omar are good parents to their daughter ([[PetTheDog even though Omar is a shitty husband]]).

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* GoodParents: Both Zohra and Omar are good parents to their daughter ([[PetTheDog even though Omar is a one shitty husband]]).
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* GoodParents: Both Zohra and Omar are good parents to their daughter ([[PetTheDog even though Omar is a shitty husband]]).
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* WhatTheFuAreYouDoing: While looking for self-defense videos on the Internet, Zohra loo,s at hilariously bad "methods" that endanger the person more than they help.

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* WhatTheFuAreYouDoing: While looking for self-defense videos on the Internet, Zohra loo,s looks at hilariously bad "methods" that endanger the person more than they help.

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Zohra (Sabrina Ouazani), an Algerian woman, marries Omar (Ramzy Bedia) and follows him to France. Omar becomes increasingly violent towards Zohra, but she can't bring herself to demand divorce as she thinks their daughter will suffer from it and despite her friend's advices. Then, one day, she meets a kung fu master.

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Zohra (Sabrina Ouazani), an Algerian woman, marries Omar (Ramzy Bedia) and follows him to France. Omar becomes increasingly violent towards Zohra, but she can't bring herself to demand divorce as she thinks their daughter will suffer from it and despite her friend's advices. Then, one day, she meets a Chinese kung fu master.


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* AlmightyJanitor: The middle-aged gymnasium janitor from Beijing turns out to be a kung fu master.
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Zohra (Sabrina Ouazani), an Algerian woman, marries Omar (Ramzy Bedia) and follows him to France. Omar becomes increasingly violent towards Zohra, but she can't bring herself to demand divorce as she thinks their daughter will suffer from it and despite her friend's advices. Then, one day, she decides to take lessons from a kung fu master.

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Zohra (Sabrina Ouazani), an Algerian woman, marries Omar (Ramzy Bedia) and follows him to France. Omar becomes increasingly violent towards Zohra, but she can't bring herself to demand divorce as she thinks their daughter will suffer from it and despite her friend's advices. Then, one day, she decides to take lessons from meets a kung fu master.



* InUniverseFactoidFailure: While small-talking Zohra to seduce her in Algeria, Omar pretends Creator/JackieChan was in ''Film/EnterTheDragon''. Zohra thinks he mistakes Chan for Creator/BruceLee, seemingly thinking Chan was not in the film, but Omar is factually correct, Chan had a cameo in it.

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* InUniverseFactoidFailure: While small-talking Zohra to seduce her in Algeria, Omar pretends Creator/JackieChan was in ''Film/EnterTheDragon''. Zohra thinks he mistakes Chan for Creator/BruceLee, seemingly thinking Chan was not in the film, but Omar is factually correct, Chan had did have a cameo in it.



* WhatTheFuAreYouDoing: While looking for self-defense videos on the Internet, Zohra finds hilariously useless "methods" that endanger the person more than they help.

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* WhatTheFuAreYouDoing: While looking for self-defense videos on the Internet, Zohra finds loo,s at hilariously useless bad "methods" that endanger the person more than they help.

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Zohra (Sabrina Ouazani), an Algerian woman, marries Omar (Ramzy Bedia) and follows him to France. Omar becomes increasingly violent towards Zohra, but she can't bring herself to demand divorce as she thinks their daughter will suffer from it and despite her friend's advices. Then, one day, she meets a kung fu master.

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Zohra (Sabrina Ouazani), an Algerian woman, marries Omar (Ramzy Bedia) and follows him to France. Omar becomes increasingly violent towards Zohra, but she can't bring herself to demand divorce as she thinks their daughter will suffer from it and despite her friend's advices. Then, one day, she meets decides to take lessons from a kung fu master.


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* WhatTheFuAreYouDoing: While looking for self-defense videos on the Internet, Zohra finds hilariously useless "methods" that endanger the person more than they help.
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* TheBabyTrap: Zohra has no issue with having a child (she loves her daughter very much), but it's clear Omar uses the child to his advantage so Zohra won't leave him.

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* TheBabyTrap: Zohra has no issue with having a child (she ([[GoodParents she loves her daughter very much), much]]), but it's clear Omar uses the child to his advantage so Zohra won't leave him.
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Zohra (Sabrina Ouazani), an Algerian woman, marries Omar (Ramzy Bedia) and follows him to France. Omar becomes increasingly violent towards Zohra, but she can't bring herself to demand divorce as she thinks their daughter will suffer from it and despite her friend's advices. Then, one day, she meets a kung-fu master.

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Zohra (Sabrina Ouazani), an Algerian woman, marries Omar (Ramzy Bedia) and follows him to France. Omar becomes increasingly violent towards Zohra, but she can't bring herself to demand divorce as she thinks their daughter will suffer from it and despite her friend's advices. Then, one day, she meets a kung-fu kung fu master.
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* InUniverseFactoidFailure: While small-talking Zohra to seduce her, Omar pretends Creator/JackieChan was in ''Film/EnterTheDragon''. Zohra thinks he mistakes Chan for Creator/BruceLee, seemingly thinking Chan was not in the film, but Omar is factually correct, Chan had a cameo in it.

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* InUniverseFactoidFailure: While small-talking Zohra to seduce her, her in Algeria, Omar pretends Creator/JackieChan was in ''Film/EnterTheDragon''. Zohra thinks he mistakes Chan for Creator/BruceLee, seemingly thinking Chan was not in the film, but Omar is factually correct, Chan had a cameo in it.
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* InUniverseFactoidFailure: While small-talking Zohra to seduce her, Omar pretends Creator/JackieChan was in ''Film/EnterTheDragon''. Zohra thinks he mistakes Chan for Creator/BruceLee, seemingly not thinking Chan was in the film, but Omar is factually correct, Chan had a cameo in it.

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* InUniverseFactoidFailure: While small-talking Zohra to seduce her, Omar pretends Creator/JackieChan was in ''Film/EnterTheDragon''. Zohra thinks he mistakes Chan for Creator/BruceLee, seemingly not thinking Chan was not in the film, but Omar is factually correct, Chan had a cameo in it.
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* InUniverseFactoidFailure: While small-talking Zohra to seduce her, Omar pretends Creator/JackieChan was in ''Film/EnterTheDragon''. Zohra thinks he mistakes Chan for Creator/BruceLee, seemingly not thinking Chan was in the film, but Omar is factually correct, Chan had a cameo in it.
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* TaughtByTelevision: Zohra learned French watching French movies such as those of Creator/JeanPaulBelmondo or ''Film/LaVeriteSiJeMens''. Whether or not the HongKongFilms she had at her home in Algeria are dubbed or not isn't specified.

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* TheBabyTrap: Zohra has no issue with having a child (she loves her daughter very much), but it's clear Omar uses the child to his advantage so Zohra won't leave him.



* CrazyJealousGuy: According to the narration, Omar "spends more time looking at the guys who look at Zohra than he looks at Zohra".

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* CrazyJealousGuy: According to the narration, Omar "spends more time looking at the guys who look at Zohra than he looks spends time looking at Zohra".
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* ControlFreak: After quitting his job, Omar visits Zohra more and more at her job.

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* ControlFreak: After quitting his job, Omar visits Zohra more and more at her job.job to make sure there's no man around her or that she doesn't look at other men.
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* BlatantLies: Zohra tells increasingly improbable lies to her friend Binta about her swollen eyelids. Binta knows all too well it's because of DomesticAbuse and tries to convince Zohra to accept her offer to bring some of her cousins from Africa to beat up Omar into stopping his violent ways, to no avail.

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* BlatantLies: Zohra tells increasingly improbable lies to her friend Binta about her swollen eyelids.eyelids and cheeks. Binta knows all too well it's because of DomesticAbuse and tries to convince Zohra to accept her offer to bring some of her cousins from Africa to beat up Omar into stopping his violent ways, to no avail.

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* AwfulWeddedLife: The first few weeks of happiness with Omar making Zohra laugh don't last. Omar becomes increasingly frustrated with his job, lets his inner ControlFreak take control and starts hitting her.

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* AwfulWeddedLife: The first few weeks of happiness with Omar making Zohra laugh don't last. Omar becomes increasingly frustrated with his job, lets his inner ControlFreak take control and starts hitting her.hits her more and more.
* BlatantLies: Zohra tells increasingly improbable lies to her friend Binta about her swollen eyelids. Binta knows all too well it's because of DomesticAbuse and tries to convince Zohra to accept her offer to bring some of her cousins from Africa to beat up Omar into stopping his violent ways, to no avail.
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Zohra (Sabrina Ouazani), an Algerian woman, marries Omar (Ramzy Bedia) and follows him to France. Omar becomes increasingly violent towards Zohra, but she can't bring herself to demand divorce as she thinks their daughter to suffer from it and despite her friend's advices. Then, one day, she meets a kung-fu master.

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Zohra (Sabrina Ouazani), an Algerian woman, marries Omar (Ramzy Bedia) and follows him to France. Omar becomes increasingly violent towards Zohra, but she can't bring herself to demand divorce as she thinks their daughter to will suffer from it and despite her friend's advices. Then, one day, she meets a kung-fu master.

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Zohra (Sabrina Ouazani), an Algerian woman, married Omar (Ramzy Bedia) and followed him to France. Omar is increasingly violent towards Zohra, but she can't bring herself to demand divorce as she thinks their daughter to suffer from it and despite her friend's advices. Then, one day, she meets a kung-fu master.

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Zohra (Sabrina Ouazani), an Algerian woman, married marries Omar (Ramzy Bedia) and followed follows him to France. Omar is becomes increasingly violent towards Zohra, but she can't bring herself to demand divorce as she thinks their daughter to suffer from it and despite her friend's advices. Then, one day, she meets a kung-fu master.


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* DomesticAbuse: Past the first few weeks of marriage, Omar becomes an increasingly violent abuser towards Zohra.

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Zohra (Sabrina Ouazani), an Algerian woman, married Omar (Ramzy Bedia) and followed him to France. Omar is violent towards Zohra, but she can't bring herself to demand divorce as she thinks their daughter to suffer from it and despite her friend's advices. Then, one day, she meets a kung-fu master.

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Zohra (Sabrina Ouazani), an Algerian woman, married Omar (Ramzy Bedia) and followed him to France. Omar is increasingly violent towards Zohra, but she can't bring herself to demand divorce as she thinks their daughter to suffer from it and despite her friend's advices. Then, one day, she meets a kung-fu master.



* NiceGirl: After a few months of settling in France and taking up a cashier job, Zohra is already very popular among her co-workers.

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* AwfulWeddedLife: The first few weeks of happiness with Omar making Zohra laugh don't last. Omar becomes increasingly frustrated with his job, lets his inner ControlFreak take control and starts hitting her.
* ControlFreak: After quitting his job, Omar visits Zohra more and more at her job.
* CrazyJealousGuy: According to the narration, Omar "spends more time looking at the guys who look at Zohra than he looks at Zohra".
* NiceGirl: After merely a few months weeks of settling in France and taking up a cashier job, Zohra is already very popular among her co-workers.
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''Kung Fu Zohra'' is a 2022 French {{martial arts|movie}} comedy film directed and written by Mabrouk El Mechri.

Zohra (Sabrina Ouazani), an Algerian woman, married Omar (Ramzy Bedia) and followed him to France. Omar is violent towards Zohra, but she can't bring herself to demand divorce as she thinks their daughter to suffer from it and despite her friend's advices. Then, one day, she meets a kung-fu master.
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!!''Kung Fu Zohra'' provides examples of the following tropes:

* NiceGirl: After a few months of settling in France and taking up a cashier job, Zohra is already very popular among her co-workers.
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