Les filles du soleil

20182018
Not RatedNot Rated
1h 55min

6.6/10

A Kurdish female battalion prepares to take back their town from extremists.A Kurdish female battalion prepares to take back their town from extremists.A Kurdish female battalion prepares to take back their town from extremists.

6.6/10

2.2K

Director
- Eva Husson
Writers
- Eva Husson(scenario)
- Jacques Akchoti(collaboration)
Stars

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Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations

Videos3

Trailer 2:08

Bande-annonce [OV]

Trailer 1:50

Girls of the Sun | Official US Trailer

Video 1:53

Director Eva Husson Goes to War in 'Girls of the Sun'

Golshifteh Farahani and Mehdi Taleghani in Les filles du soleil (2018)

Emmanuelle Bercot and Golshifteh Farahani in Les filles du soleil (2018)

Golshifteh Farahani in Les filles du soleil (2018)

Lawyer-turned-freedom fighter Bahar prepares to liberate her Kurdistan village and free her son taken hostage by extremists. French journalist Mathilde, herself traumatized by the recent death of her husband in Libya, arrives to cover the story of Bahar and her Kurdish army known as 'Girls of the Sun'. During her time spent embedded within the ranks of this all-female unit of former ISIS captives, Mathilde faces her own inner demons and finds strength through adversity. —Canon y mus

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Taglines
- Inspired by the True Story of the Female Firefighters Who Dared to Take On ISIS
Genres
- Drama
- War
Certificate
- Not Rated
Parents guide
- Add content advisory

Trivia
In terms of dealing with violence, two things were a problem for Eva Husson. The first came from the fact that, in the history of cinema, the portrayal of violence against women is often close to voyeurism, sometimes with intense victimization of it.

Top review

7/10

Not as gripping as expected

The story of female Kurdish warriors fighting ISIS to save their hometown and families could've been one of the greatest movies ever. But this movie doesn't get to that level. It's good, but not great. The story of Kurdish determination gets muddled quite a bit by the focus on the French journalist and the frequent flashbacks. Sometimes flashbacks work, and at least in this movie it's obvious what's a flashback. I just wasn't as moved as much as I thought I'd be.

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