- 2019
- Cinéart
- 1 h 55 m
SummarySomewhere in Kurdistan, Bahar, commander of the “Girls of the Sun” battalion, is preparing to liberate her hometown from the hands of extremists, hoping to find her son who is held hostage. A French journalist, Mathilde, comes to cover the attack and bear witness to the story of these exceptional warriors. Since their lives have been turned upsid...
Directed By:Eva Husson
Written By:Eva Husson, Jacques Akchoti
Girls of the Sun
Metascore
Mixed or Average
51
User score
Generally Favorable
7.3
My Score
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
51
41% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
41% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
18% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
May 18, 2018
80
Girls of the Sun is a feminist war movie: impassioned, suspenseful, angry.
Apr 10, 2019
75
Without a more clearly defined cultural basis for its characters’ actions, Girls Of The Sun is a story about sisterhood that doesn’t provide its women the detail they deserve.
May 18, 2018
60
Girls of the Sun (Les Filles du soleil) is at once mildly harrowing and completely over-the-top, intermittently intense yet so unsubtle it winds up doing damage to its own worthy discourse.
Apr 11, 2019
50
This disjointed, though consistently tense retelling dives full force into ostentatious pathos more often than it opts for narrative prudence.
May 18, 2018
40
Clearly the director’s positive impressions from her research made her want to create something that would generate popular sympathy for the cause, but writing a glorified TV movie wasn’t the way to go.
Apr 11, 2019
30
Inspired by a 2014 ISIS raid on Kurdish territory, Girls of the Sun, unlike the women who populate it, is weak and often corny.
User score
Generally Favorable
7.3
50% Positive
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
50% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
0% Negative
0 Ratings
0 Ratings
May 3, 2020
8
Not a bad movie, not a masterpiece either. Still enjoyable and offering a glimpse into a reality that is not enough prominent in mainstream media. The story and their charachters could have been developed a bit more but still, it's good that movies such as this are out there and there should bemore of them.
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Production Company:
- Maneki Films
- Wild Bunch
- Elle Driver
- Arches Films
- Gapbusters
- 20 Steps Productions
- Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF)
- Bord Cadre Films
- Backup Media
- Indéfilms 6
- B Media 2014
- Cinécap
- Cinéart
- Canal+
- Orange Cinéma Séries (OCS)
- Casa Kafka Pictures Movie Tax Shelter Empowered by Dexia
- Proximus
- LEPL Enterprise
- Agence Nationale de Gestion des Oeuvres Audiovisuelles (ANGOA)
- Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles
- Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
- Creative Europe Media
- Eurimages
- Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers of Music (SACEM)
Release Date:Apr 12, 2019
Duration:1 h 55 m
Tagline:Inspired by the True Story of the Female Firefighters Who Dared to Take On ISIS
Awards
Golden Trailer Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Cannes Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Oslo Pix
• 1 Nomination
