Writer and filmmaker Assia Djebar explores Algerian history, the psychological impact of war, and post-colonial female identity in this 1979 classic of film literature. Named for (and taking its structure from) a traditional song with five distinct movements, the film combines documentary-style observation with loose narrative form to tell the story of Lila, an Algerian expatriate returning to her country 15 years after independence has been won. In comparing her life with the lives and experiences of rural Algeriennes, Lila is able to put her childhood demons to rest and discover a new history -- one written in the ongoing strength of generations of women. Like much of Djebar's writing, the film has a strong subtext dealing with resistance to patriarchy and women's desire to appropriate the means of power and expression -- one of which, of course, is the filmmaker's camera.
Chunauti
9.4
Despicable Me Presents: Minion Madness
Family, Adventure, Animation, Comedy
6.9
Launder Run
9.7
Six: Inside
Documentary
8.5
The Patchwork Girl of Oz
Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Comedy
5.0
Scooby-Doo's A Nutcracker Scoob
Animation, Family, Comedy, Mystery
9.2
The Latin Explosion: A New America
Documentary
7.9
Mustard Fields
10.0
Fight Club: Members Only
Action
6.4
Lion
7.1
Η Αρχόντισσα Της Κουζίνας
Comedy
6.3
Snow Is Falling
Animation
6.0
Cuento de Primavera: A Spring Tale
Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
8.1
Barbie as the Island Princess
Animation, Family
7.3
Transformers: Beginnings
Animation, Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
6.9
Don't Answer the Door
Horror
4.0
Naked and Free... The New Life Style
Drama
2.3
Gautamiputra Satakarni
History, Drama, Action
5.6
Frozen River
Drama, Crime
6.6
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
Adventure, Comedy, Drama
6.3
The Photographer of Mauthausen
Drama, History, Thriller
7.0
The Fair
Drama
0.0
Fraulein
Drama
5.7
28 Days
Comedy, Drama
6.2
McFarland, USA
Drama, Family
7.5
The Calling
Drama, Comedy
0.0
The Honour of the House
Drama
5.2
T11 Incomplete
Drama
3.9
Four Women of Egypt
Documentary
0.0
A Haunting History
Documentary, History
0.0
The Impossible Map
Animation, Documentary
0.0
Soft and Hard
Documentary, TV Movie
5.7
A Fuller Life
Documentary
6.6
Nu är pappa trött igen!
Comedy, Drama
5.7
God's Creatures
Drama
6.0
Finding Yingying
Documentary
8.0
Fragile as the World
Drama, Romance
7.5
Dalida
Music, Drama
6.7