Post by showgirl on Sept 30, 2017 22:40:34 GMT
Using the Guardian's summary, this "bittersweet debut feature from Maysaloun Hamoud is a spiky treat, an empowering tale of three Palestinian women living in Tel Aviv, each fighting their own battles for independence and fulfilment" and, incidentally, a complete contrast to another current release, the big-budget Goodbye Christopher Robin, which I saw on the same day.
So not surprisingly this film was much more engaging and enjoyable - and has had better reviews; it's also receiving wider distribution in its second week (at least in the London area) than in the opening one, so maybe cinemas are responding to word-of-mouth. I'll stick my neck out and say I'm not sure it would appeal to men as much as women (though the audience at the packed screening I attended was mixed), but I'd recommend it, not least for a setting rarely seen in films shown in the UK.
So not surprisingly this film was much more engaging and enjoyable - and has had better reviews; it's also receiving wider distribution in its second week (at least in the London area) than in the opening one, so maybe cinemas are responding to word-of-mouth. I'll stick my neck out and say I'm not sure it would appeal to men as much as women (though the audience at the packed screening I attended was mixed), but I'd recommend it, not least for a setting rarely seen in films shown in the UK.