In a remote, isolated Lebanese village surrounded by land mines, Muslims and Christians live together in peace. As civil strife starts to engulf the country around them, the women in the village try, by various means and to varying success, to keep their men in the dark by sabotaging the village radio, and then destroying the village TV.
Claude Msawbaa
Takla
Leyla Hakim
Afaf
Nadine Labaki
Amale
Yvonne Maalouf
Yvonne
Antoinette Noufaily
Saydeh
Julian Farhat
Rabih
Ali Haidar
Kevin Abboud
Petra Saghbini
In a remote, isolated Lebanese village surrounded by land mines, Muslims and Christians live together in peace. As civil strife starts to engulf the country around them, the women in the village try, by various means and to varying success, to keep their men in the dark by sabotaging the village radio, and then destroying the village TV.
A nice drama-comedy. The idea is very good gut it's not well developed. The cast is also good but the fails in story are what makes the movie not to work completely.
Astonishingly Refreshing! Xcellent all around movie with wonderful actors & characters camerawork,editing... Movie's beginning impressed me immensely. Nadine is an extremely talented & beautiful artist with a message of peace & harmony. Will explore her works n not miss anything she creates. Carry on Nadine, ~ go rattle Hollywood 👍🏻❗
You may have heard this popular lament: "If mothers ruled the world, there would be no war." What if someone took that maxim and created a movie from it? That's exactly what Nadine Labaki did here! It's hilarious, creative, tongue-in-cheek, contemporary to the current mid-east struggles, and touching. I loved her choices which create a crude, rudimentary atmosphere for the film. This is now my 3rd Labaki movie, and it's so easy to see why this Lebanese woman director is racking up awards in all the festivals (42 wins, 37 nominations). In this one, she lances "religionism". And rightly so - it's the root of nearly all wars.
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