La source des femmes [videorecording] / Europa Corp., Elzâevir Films et Oèi Oèi Oèi Productions prâesentement ; un film du Radu Mihaileanu ; produit par Denis Carot, Marie Masmonteil, Radu Mihaileanu ; scâenario, Radu Mihaileanu et Alain-Michel Blanc avec la collaboration de Catherine Ramberg.
Released as a motion picture in 2011. Leila Bekhti, Hafsia Herzi, Biyouna, Saleh Bakri, Sabrina Ouazani, Hiam Abbass, Mohamed Majd.
Contents:
[Disc 1] Le film. La source des femmes (2 hours) ; Bande-annonce (2 min.) -- [Disc 2] Bonus. Making of (27 min.) ; 6 scáenes coupâees avec commentaire optionnel du râealisateur (16 min.) ; Chants et danses, langages poâetiques (2 min. 30 sec.) ; Chants et danses : des râepâetitions au tournage (2 min.) ; L'eau, symbole de la vie (2 min.) ; Les femmes de la source (5 min) ; L'aventure du tournage (3 min. 30 sec.) ; Un tournage en langue arabe (5 min. 30 sec.) ; Condition fâeminine et religion (19 min. 30 sec.) ; Le bãetisier du tournage (2 min.) ; Interview de Radu Mihaileanu (15 min. 30 sec.) ; Interview de Leèila Bekhti (18 min.) ; Avant-premiáere au Thâeãatre du Chãatelet (10 min.) ; Diaporama de photos (1 min. 30 sec.)
Summary:
In a remote and primitive patriarchal village between the North of Africa and the Middle East, the land has dried and the women traditionally bring water from a distant fountain to their houses while the idle husbands drink tea in the bar. The educated Leèila, who is the wife of the local teacher Sami, begins a sex strike movement among the women, supported by the elder Vieux Fusil (meaning old flintlock), to force the men to bring water to the village. There is a strong reaction from the brutal men, but the brave women resist until they achieve their goal.--IMDb.
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