Fresh
With intimacy and sensuality, Albou explores what it means to be a woman and the bonds that women form with each other in an increasingly precarious situation.
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
Overview
The Nazi occupation of Tunisia strains the bonds of friendship between a Muslim woman and a Sephardic Jewess who are both preparing for their marriages.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
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94%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The bond between Brochere and Borval is more physical than verbal; they often seem on the verge of a deep, soulful lip-lock, but since neither character is developed satisfactorily, it's hard to develop a rooting interest in...their friendship.
Nathan Rabin, AV Club
Fresh
Writer-director Karin Albou (who plays the mother of the Jewish bride) has a sensuous, intimate filmmaking style that overrides The Wedding Song's more precariously loaded plot parallels.
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
Fresh
This seductively fluid and tactile drama explores love and identity through the prism of the female body and the rights of its owner.
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
Fresh
An intelligently written and directed story of two 16-year-old girls -- one Jewish and one Muslim -- and their friendship in Tunis during the Nazi occupation in the 1940s.
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
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