The Source (La source des femmes)

The Source (La source des femmes) (2011)

  • 63% of critics liked it
    (8 reviews)

  • 43% want to see it
    (287 ratings)

The story takes place in current times, in a small village somewhere between North Africa and the Middle East. The women fetch water from a mountaintop spring in the blazing sun. They've done that since the beginning of time. Leila, a young bride, urges the women to launch a love strike: no more… More

Unrated, 2 hr. 15 min.
Directed By
Radu Mihaileanu
Genres
Art House & International, Drama
Europa Corp

Critic Reviews

  • Carmen Gray, Total Film

    The mix of female empowerment and Middle eastern colour is kept just on the right side of schmaltzy by firecracker turns from Leïla Bekhti as the headstrong strike-leader and Biyouna as a formidable widower.

  • Philip French, Observer [UK]

    Often rather moving...

  • Allan Hunter, The List

    The sheer injustice at the heart of an overlong tale still creates an automatic sympathy for the women, sisters in a way to the women in Made In Dagenham.

  • Steve Rose, Guardian [UK]

    This populist parable draws intriguing battle lines between the sexes, but then forgets what it was supposed to be fighting about.

  • Raphael Abraham, Financial Times

    Radu Mihaileanu's update of Lysistrata with overtones of the Arab Spring never settles on a consistent tone; as a result, serious moments lack force and lighter moments feel hollow.

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