Girls of the Sun
2018 · Movie · 111 min · ★ 7.0 · 51% critics
A Kurdish women’s battalion fights to reclaim a town seized by extremists, led by a determined commander facing the pressure of an imminent assault. As the mission nears its turning point, the unit must hold together under danger and uncertainty.
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Details
- Original title
- Les Filles du soleil
- Years
- 2018
- Release date
- 2018-02-14
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Critic score
- 51/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 (87 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a tense, serious war drama centered on resilience and solidarity under fire; Not for you if you avoid harsh conflict stories or sustained intensity like 15 Minutes of War.
Pros: intense frontline stakes; strong female unit; urgent momentum | Cons: heavy subject matter; grim violence; limited light moments
Themes
- kurdish
- isis (daesh)
Cast & crew
Golshifteh Farahani
as Bahar
Emmanuelle Bercot
as Mathilde
- ZB
Zübeyde Bulut
as Lamia
Behi Djanati Atai
as Dahlia
Evin Ahmad
as Berivan
Erol Afşin
as Tiresh
- AG
Arabi Ghibeh
as Man in Black
Zirek
as Commandant Zirek
- KK
Kakha Kupatadze
Fahmi Guerbaa
Directed by Eva Husson