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Directed by | Radu Mihăileanu |
Written by | Alain-Michel Blanc Radu Mihăileanu |
Produced by | Luc Besson Radu Mihăileanu |
Starring | Leïla Bekhti Hafsia Herzi |
Cinematography | Glynn Speeckaert |
Edited by | Ludo Troch |
Music by | Armand Amar |
Production companies | Elzevir Films Oï Oï Oï Productions |
Distributed by | EuropaCorp Distribution |
Release dates |
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Running time | 135 minutes |
Countries | France Belgium Italy |
Languages | French Arabic |
Budget | $7.9 million[1] |
Box office | $4.6 million[2] |
The Source (French: La Source des femmes) is a 2011 French drama-comedy film directed by Radu Mihăileanu, starring Leïla Bekhti and Hafsia Herzi. It premiered In Competition at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.[3]
Plot
[edit]Set in a remote village in North Africa, the story focuses on women who go on a sex strike against having to fetch water from a distant well. The story is an adaptation of the ancient greek comedy Lysistrata.
Cast
[edit]![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/La_source_des_femmes_Cannes_2011.jpg/220px-La_source_des_femmes_Cannes_2011.jpg)
- Leïla Bekhti as Leila
- Hafsia Herzi as Loubna Esmeralda
- Sabrina Ouazani as Rachida
- Saleh Bakri as Sami
- Hiam Abbass as Fatima
- Biyouna as The Old Gun
- Zinedine Soualem
Production
[edit]The film was produced by France's Elzevir Films and Oï Oï Oï Productions, in co-production with France 3 Cinéma and EuropaCorp. Other than the 64% French investment, Belgian companies contributed 14%, Italian 12% and Moroccan 10%. It was pre-bought by Canal+ and CinéCinéma and received support from Eurimages. The total budget was 7.99 million euro.[4]
Release
[edit]The Source premiered in competition at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival on 21 May.[3] EuropaCorp Distribution released it in France on 2 November 2011.[5]
Accolades
[edit]Award / Film Festival | Category | Recipients and nominees | Result |
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Cannes Film Festival | Palme d'Or | Nominated | |
César Award | Best Actress | Leïla Bekhti | Nominated |
Best Costume Design | Viorica Petrovici | Nominated | |
Globes de Cristal Award | Best Actress | Leïla Bekhti | Nominated |
References
[edit]- ^ "La Source des femmes". JP's Box-Office.
- ^ "La source des femmes". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ a b "Horaires 2011" (PDF). festival-cannes.com (in French). Cannes Film Festival. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 January 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
- ^ Lemercier, Fabien (5 May 2011). "The Source shines in EuropaCorp's line-up". Cineuropa. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
- ^ "La Source des femmes". AlloCiné (in French). Tiger Global. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
External links
[edit]- The Source at IMDb
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