A comedy/drama set in a village and centered on a battle of the sexes, where women threaten to withhold sexual favors if their men refuse to fetch water from a remote well.
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| Leïla Bekhti | ... | Leila | |
| Hafsia Herzi | ... | Loubna / Esmeralda | |
| Hiam Abbass | ... | Fatima | |
| Saleh Bakri | ... | Sami | |
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Biyouna | ... | Vieux Fusil |
| Sabrina Ouazani | ... | Rachida | |
| Karim Leklou | ... | Karim | |
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Mohamed Majd | ... | Hussein |
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Mohamed Tsouli | ... | L'imam |
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Omar Azzouzi | ... | Le cheikh |
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Saad Tsouli | ... | Mohamed |
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Amal Chakir | ... | Khadija |
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Amina Boussaif | ... | Nawale |
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Nadia Zaoui | ... | Yasmina |
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Farida Bouaazaoui | ... | Karima |
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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 Leïla, 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. They must face the strong reaction of the brutal men. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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ArabicRelease Date:
2 November 2011 (France) See more »Also Known As:
A Fonte das Mulheres See more »Filming Locations:
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The basic premise of the plot, the withholding of sexual relations by women to force their menfolk to do something, is first noted in the play, 'Lysistrata' by Aristophanes. Several versions of "Lysistrata" have been filmed for cinemas and television, with the most recent being Chi-Raq (2015) by Spike Lee. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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A brilliant, delicate, delicious & poetic movie. The music (composed by Armand Amar) is superb. Radu Mihaileanu knows to picture the tragedy with a big touch of love and hope. The movie denounces the injustices that live the majority of women in the Arab countries, with a touch of beauty and comedy. Radu Mihaileanu shows us that to change the reality without violence is still possible in this violence world. Another jewel from this amazing director who surprised us in the past with incredibly beautiful and powerful movies such as "Train the vie" (1998), "Va, vis et deviens" (2005) and "Le concert" (2009). Antonia Tejeda Barros (Madrid, Spain).