Girls of the Sun
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| Directed by | Eva Husson |
| Written by | Eva Husson |
| Starring | Golshifteh Farahani |
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| Country | France |
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| Box office | $19,712[2] |
Girls of the Sun (French: Les filles du soleil) is a 2018 French war drama film directed by Eva Husson. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.[3][1]
Cast
[edit]- Golshifteh Farahani as Bahar
- Emmanuelle Bercot as Mathilde, inspired by Marie Colvin[4]
- Erol Afşin as Tiresh
- Evin Ahmad
- Behi Djanati Atai as Dahlia
Reception
[edit]The film was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.[3][1] On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 46%, based on 50 reviews, and an average rating of 5.8/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Girls of the Sun has the best of intentions, but this worthy - and thoroughly timely - story is fatally undermined by its clumsily overbearing execution."[5] Agnès Poirier noted that the film initially received "high praise at Cannes" but later "an overwhelming majority of we critics found the film appalling: dreadfully written, poorly directed, verging on obscenity for treating tragedy with Valkyrie-like music and aestheticised images".[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Debruge, Peter; Keslassy, Elsa (12 April 2018). "Cannes Lineup Includes New Films From Spike Lee, Jean-Luc Godard". Variety. Penske Business Media. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
- ^ "Girls of the Sun (2019)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ a b "The 2018 Official Selection". Cannes Film Festival. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
- ^ "Le Monde - Les Filles du Soleil". Le Monde.fr. 13 May 2018.
- ^ "Girls of the Sun (2018)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- ^ Agnès Poirier (14 May 2018). "#MeToo activists should stop trying to be film critics – they undermine feminism". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
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