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The Source, originally titled La Source des femmes, is a 2011 drama and comedy film directed and written by Radu Mihăileanu. Produced by Luc Besson, the movie features a cast including Leïla Bekhti, Hafsia Herzi, Hiam Abbass, and Biyouna. The narrative is set in Morocco, where filming also took place, and explores themes of social equality, husband-wife relationships, and village life through a female protagonist. The original language of the film is Arabic and French.
The production involves companies such as Elzévir Films, Oï Oï Oï Productions, EuropaCorp, France 3 Cinéma, and La Compagnie Cinématographique. EuropaCorp and Netflix distributed the film, which is available via video on demand on platforms like Amazon Prime Video. The runtime is 135 minutes, and the score was composed by Armand Amar with editing by Ludo Troch. The film was nominated for a César Award for Best Actress.
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Film · TMDB
6.6A comedy/drama set in a village and centered on a battle of the sexes, where women threaten to withhold sexual favours as long as the men refuse to install a water pipe.
Cast
- Leïla Bekhti as Leila
- Hafsia Herzi as Loubna / Esmeralda
- Biyouna as Vieux Fusil
- Sabrina Ouazani as Rachida
- Saleh Bakri as Sami
- Hiam Abbass as Fatima
Themes
- husband wife relationship
- village life
- female protagonist
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- Morocco
- Original language
- French
- Main subject
- social equality
- Director
- Radu Mihăileanu
- Cast member
- Omar Lotfi
- Composer
- Armand Amar
- Producer
- Luc Besson
- Narrative location
- Morocco
- Filming location
- Morocco
- Duration
- 135
- FilmAffinity ID
- 583640
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.imdb.com/title/tt1686067
- Image
- La source des femmes Cannes 2011.jpg
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- publication date
- 2011-01-01
- film editor
- Ludo Troch
- title
- La Source des femmes
- distributed by
- Netflix
- Commons category
- La source des femmes (2011 film)
- nominated for
- César Award for Best Actress
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 70%
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