Papicha

While the final act frays a little, the sparking tensions of female friendship are vivid and persuasive.

Can't wait to see more from Meddour, this is seriously powerful filmmaking.

Like its magnetic lead, the film is alternately warm and viscerally angry, with scant patience for nuance.

There is a scattershot emotional rhetoric here - but also idealism, and emotional force.

This film has such an energy to it... I had a ton of fun watching this and think people will really like it.

[Leaves] no room for doubt that Meddour is a cinematic talent to watch with urgent things to say on the toughened and resilient female spirit.

Meddour elaborates with a critical eye and a certain subtlety a text about the struggle of women in times of patriarchal oppression by Islamic radicalism during the Algerian Civil War. Full review in Spanish

There is no subtlety in Meddour's characterizations nor hint of intelligence in how she tackles Islamic radicalism, which is personified by a bunch of liberal men-hating women and women obsessed with having every girl in the country veiled.

... cinematography by Léo Lefèvre underlines Nedjima's creativity, in particular her eye for color in the fabrics she selects ... and the costumes by Catherine Cosme will convince you that Nedjima truly has a talent for fashion design.

Meddour proves to be a potent storyteller with her first film feature and I'm excited to see the next project she decides to tackle.