Directed by:
Sou AbadiScreenplay:
Sou AbadiCinematography:
Yves AngeloComposer:
Jérôme RebotierCast:
Félix Moati, Camélia Jordana, William Lebghil, Anne Alvaro, Laurent Delbecque, Oscar Copp, Oussama Kheddam, Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic, Grégory Montel (more)Plots(1)
Armand and Leila are in love. Together they plan to go to New York for an internship. But few days before their departure, Mahmoud, Leila's big brother, comes back from his long-term stay in Yemen, during which he has changed drastically. Wanting to reframe Leila's life, that he judges indecent, Mahmoud decides to confine his sister and stray her from her boyfriend. How can Armand free Leila? For his friends, Armand has no other choice – if he wants to sneak in Leila's apartment – he will have to wear a niqab. The next day, a new woman in niqab walks through Paris... Her name is Shéhérazade... (Артхаус)
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A French satire that pokes fun at Muslims and their entire religion, but when Muslims make fun of themselves, everything is fine. The film has a very interesting premise. We have a couple in love, but the girl’s brother comes back from Yemen, where he’s been radicalised and he’s starting to get a bit off kilter. Of course he keeps his sister locked up at home and doesn't tolerate any friends of other nationalities. So the boyfriend hatches a plan to put on a Hijab and pretend to be the new sister so he can see his girlfriend, but Mahmoud soon falls in love with the sister! Some sequences are very funny, the scene where the son dressed in a hijab sits in the bus and his mother who hates Muslims stands opposite him is really good, and there are more situations like that. Those who know a bit about Arab culture will understand the allusions more, but the French really do it tastefully, intelligently and with wit. 75%
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Sou Abadi blew me away with his sense of humor. Making fun of Muslims and the Koran takes a lot of courage, and he clearly has it. Moreover, he excels in this brisk comedy with unprecedented perspective and ease. (75%)
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The French aren’t afraid of anything. This crazy comedy is based off a completely ridiculous idea. It’s then boosted by dialogues which aren’t exactly politically correct at times and lay into Muslims on purpose. It’s nice that it’s Muslims laying into Muslims, so if anyone has any problems, they can say it was still okay. Because I had a good laugh, which, truth be told, I didn’t expect at all.
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