Papicha

Oppresion against women, terrorist acts, political resistance by a group of young girls and women empowerement. Great energy

it's a brilliant movie,i loved everything about it, and it does depict the truth, whoever says it doesn't is a man who have never experienced such things. and has no right to speak about our experiences.

The main character is an energetic creative and free spirit girl, living in Algeria of the 90s. Though, some of the events depicted in this movie are somewhat true, but not to the extent shown here, which made the movie feel bogus and exaggerated. Many scenes weren't necessarily and the introduction of the religious zealots was absurd and funny. The new trend of empowering women movie's saga continues to spoil many attempts to create good cinema without falling in the trap of creating unnecessary conflicts between women and men, whether is it through religion, men dominance over women, work equality etc. For anyone who is watching the movie without any knowledge about the situation of Algeria in the period of which this movie is supposed to take event, the 90s. Algeria was in a difficult political conflict where the Army didn't want to transfer power to the people, by doing so, killing the first real attempt to real democracy, this escalated the situation and the country fell in a civil war of 10 years. Recent events clarified most of the lies that were circulating in the country by the Algerian government. The bloodiest Islamic zealots were army special forces, deployed to create fear in the harts of Algerian people, the only terrorists Algeria have ever known. Just a side note, many Algerian women are proud Muslim, they have as much freedom as any other women in Western countries. Women in Algeria in general are well protected and valued, whether she wear a cover or not, and of course, like any other society, Algeria have its fair share of problems, but not the the extent shown in this over exaggerated movie. Hope this helps.

Incredible movie. It was intense and hit you when you didn't expect it. I never researched what is happening in Algeria so it was very shocking to learn. Lyna Khoudri gave everything she had.

An engaging tale about a conflict that's received little cinematic attention told from a unique narrative perspective. This fact-based dramatic feature film debut from director Mounia Meddour follows the efforts of an outspoken fashion design student seeking to make a sociopolitical statement about women's rights in her country during the 1990s Algerian Civil War and the aggressively intolerant (and often-deadly) tactics of Islamic fundamentalists to coerce compliance, even in matters of clothing. While some elements of the story seem a bit forced, the film nevertheless raises a variety of intriguing thematic issues using a unlikely but highly inventive form of symbolism. A truly pleasant surprise that emerges from a cinematically innovative premise.