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LA SOURCE DES FEMMES (THE SOURCE)

In Competition

Directed by :: Radu MIHAILEANU

Country:: FRANCE, MOROCCO, BELGIUM, ITALY

Year:: 2010

Duration:: 136.00 minutes

Synopsis

The story takes place in current times, in a small village somewhere between North Africa and the Middle East. The women fetch water from a mountaintop spring in the blazing sun. They’ve done that since the beginning of time. Leila, a young bride, urges the women to launch a love strike: no more cuddling, no more sex until the men run water into the village.

Press kit download (PDF)

in French

Radu MIHAILEANU

Credits

Radu MIHAILEANU - Director
Alain-Michel BLANC - Screenplay
Radu MIHAILEANU - Screenplay
Catherine RAMBERG - With the collaboration of
Glynn SPEECKAERT - Cinematography
Cristian NICULESCU - Set Designer
Armand AMAR - Music
Ludo TROCH - Film Editor
Selim AZZAZI - Sound
Henri MORELLE - Sound
Bruno TARRIÈRE - Sound

Actors

Leïla BEKHTI - Leïla
Hafsia HERZI - Loubna/Esméralda
BIYOUNA
Hiam ABBASS - Fatima
Saleh BAKRI - Sami
Sabrina OUAZANI - Rachida
Mohamed MAJD - Hussein

Contacts and useful links

Production

ELZEVIR FILMS Paris - France T : +33 (0)1 55 31 27 42 - laetitia.pichon@elzevirfilms.fr - www.elzevirfilms.fr OÏ OÏ OÏ PRODUCTIONS Paris - France T : +33 (0)1 43 57 00 11 - oioioiproductions@noos.fr EUROPACORP (FRANCE) FRANCE 3 CINÉMA (FRANCE) AGORA FILMS (MAROC) CIE CINÉMATOGRAPHIQUE EUROPÉENNE (BELGIQUE) INDIGO FILM /// BIM DISTRIBUZIONE (ITALIE)

Distribution

EUROPACORP DISTRIBUTION - T : +33 (0)1 53 83 03 03 - pkaempf@europacorp.com - www.europacorp.com

French press

François Hassan Guerrar - Melody Bénistant - T : +33 (0)1 43 59 48 02 - guerrar.contact@gmail.com

International press

Vanessa Jerrom, Claire Vorger - T : +33 (0)1 42 97 42 47 - vanessajerrom@wanadoo.fr

Foreign sales

EUROPACORP - T : +33 (0)1 53 83 03 03 - mlmontironi@europacorp.com - www.europacorp.com