2019
Not Rated
Cohen Media Group
1 h 55 m

2019
Not Rated
Cohen Media Group
1 h 55 m

Summary Somewhere 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 tur...

Directed By: Eva Husson

Written By: Jacques Akchoti, Eva Husson

2019
Not Rated
Cohen Media Group
1 h 55 m

2019
Not Rated
Cohen Media Group
1 h 55 m

Girls of the Sun

Name: Girls of the Sun
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 2019-04-12
Duration: 1 min 55 s
Rating: 51
Cast: Golshifteh Farahani, Emmanuelle Bercot, Zübeyde Bulut, Sinama Alievi, Mari Semidovi

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 17 Critic Reviews

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings

7.3

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Directed By: Eva Husson

Written By: Jacques Akchoti, Eva Husson

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Mixed or Average Based on 17 Critic Reviews

41% Positive
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41% Mixed
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18% Negative
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Metascore

Mixed or Average Based on 17 Critic Reviews

41% Positive
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41% Mixed
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18% Negative
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The Guardian

May 18, 2018

Girls of the Sun is a feminist war movie: impassioned, suspenseful, angry.

By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW

The A.V. Club

Apr 10, 2019

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.

By Roxana Hadadi FULL REVIEW

IndieWire

May 18, 2018

While it’s less than the sum of its parts, those parts know how to deliver.

By Eric Kohn FULL REVIEW

The Hollywood Reporter

May 18, 2018

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.

By Jordan Mintzer FULL REVIEW

Los Angeles Times

Apr 11, 2019

This disjointed, though consistently tense retelling dives full force into ostentatious pathos more often than it opts for narrative prudence.

By Carlos Aguilar FULL REVIEW

Variety

May 18, 2018

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.

By Jay Weissberg FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

Apr 11, 2019

Inspired by a 2014 ISIS raid on Kurdish territory, Girls of the Sun, unlike the women who populate it, is weak and often corny.

By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings

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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, Casa Kafka Pictures Movie Tax Shelter Empowered by Dexia, Proximus, LEPL Enterprise

Release Date Apr 12, 2019

Duration 1 h 55 m

Rating Not Rated

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Tagline Inspired by the True Story of the Female Firefighters Who Dared to Take On ISIS

Website http://www.lesfillesdusoleil-lefilm.com/

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Awards

Golden Trailer Awards

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

Cannes Film Festival

• 1 Nomination

Oslo Pix

• 1 Nomination

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Golshifteh Farahani

Bahar

Emmanuelle Bercot

Mathilde H.

Zübeyde Bulut

Lamia

Sinama Alievi

Guli

Mari Semidovi

Ararat

Roza Mirzoiani

Rojin

Zinaida Gasoiani

Torhildan

Maia Shamoevi

Amal

Nia Mirianashvili

Nofa

Evin Ahmad

Berivan

Zirek

Zirek

Erol Afsin

Tiresh

Nuka Asatiani

Suzan

Behi Djanati Atai

Dahlia

Adik Bakoni

Cewan

Tornike Alievi

Hemin

Hamid Mirzoian

Abu Mohammed

Farook Fadhil Hussein

Ibrahim

Massoud Seydo

Zagros

Kakha Kupatadze

Abu Sayaaf

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