The source of women is a pretty oriental and solar tale (critical)

With in particular Leïla Bekhti and Hafsia Herzi.

Presented on the last day of the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, The source of women had brought a little sun to festival -goers. He will be rebroadcast on this Saturday evening, International Women’s Rights Day, on France 4. The editorial staff advises you warmly.

It was not until the last day of the Cannes Film Festival to discover the feel good movie competition. The source of women is a pretty oriental tale that tells of the sex strike started by the women of an Arab village tired of being slavery by their husbands.

After Go and becomeAfter The concert,, Radu Mihaileanu Continue to deal with serious, painful subjects (here the fate of women in the Arab world), in the mode of fable and tragicomedy. We therefore oscillate between the committed comedy (the subject recalls the classic of Aristophanes, lysistrata), the oriental tale (the 1001 nights are cited abundantly) and the drama (the opening of the perfectly managed film). If this delicate balance works, it is thanks to the strength of the actresses. Leila Bekhti,, Hafsia Herzi And Sabrina Ouazani Each confirm their talent and make their characters exist with a good density. Leila in amazon in love is stunning; Hafsia who discovers life and runs every day to recover the letters from her sigh is bright; And Sabrina brings her freshness, her joy and her humor to an endearing character.

Through these women in struggle, The source of women Praise a universal girl power – one of the flagship themes of this 2011 Cannes Film Festival. Radu Mihaileanu Composes an extraordinary poem to women he watches cry, laugh, dance, sing and fight with the same passion. We will add that, after the violence of the films screened this year, the moral of the film, sweet, solar and of biblical simplicity, puts a little balm in the heart: it is also by the gaze of others and by their love that we really exist. CQFD?

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