GIRLS OF THE SUN
Style: Feature Film
Genre: War, drama
Year: 2018
Country: France, Belgium, Georgia, Switzerland
Language: Kurdish, French, Arabic, English
Duration: 116 min
Production: MANEKI FILMS, WILD BUNCH, ELLE DRIVER
Director: Eva Hasson
Screenplay: Eva Hasson, Jacques Akshoti
Producers: Dinar Domery, Isabella de Linh-La
Operator: Mattias Trojelstrup
Music: Morgan Kibby
Starring: Golshifteh Farahani, Emmanuel Berko, Zubeyde Bulut, Ahmet Zirek, Erol Afsin, Evin Ahmad
EVA HASSON
Eva Hasson was born in 1977 in Le Havre, France. She received a classical education - she studied modern literature in kindergarten, received an MA in English Literature and a BA in Spanish, and an MA in directing from the American Film Institute (Los Angeles). She began her film career as an actress, but achieved her first resounding success in 2015 at the Toronto Film Festival as the director of the film about difficult teenagers "A Modern Love Story".
ABOUT THE FILM
Bahar, who worked as a lawyer yesterday, is now held captive by Islamic State militants along with other women. Her husband was killed and her son was taken away in an unknown direction. Bahar manages to hide her mobile phone and eventually succeeds in calling for help. Time passes. Bahar commands a women's battalion and takes part in the fighting. Matilda, a French military journalist, arrives at the battalion's location. She herself had her husband killed in Libya three months ago, also a journalist. The Bahar battalion, along with other Kurdish militias, is fighting over the ruins of a Kurdish city.
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS:
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Cannes Film Festival 2018 (France) - Palme d'Or nomination.