Papicha

Jour De Fete | Release Date (Streaming): May 29, 2020

5.8	USER SCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 6 Ratings

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JLuis_001Apr 12, 2022

''Women should stay at home to be closer to Allah.
When they go outside they expose themselves to men.''
''What if she needs to support her family?'' ''She asks her father, brother or husband for permission.'' ''What if she has no one? is''Women should stay at home to be closer to Allah.
When they go outside they expose themselves to men.''

''What if she needs to support her family?''

''She asks her father, brother or husband for permission.''

''What if she has no one? is she left to starve?''

''With Allah everything works''

''I am sick and tired of the way things work.''

This film is set in 1997 and you could easily say that it takes place in the present day in lands controlled by Islamic fundamentalists who brutally curtail women's rights, for the simple reason that they consider them inferior. Papicha is a story of rebellion that although it uses a real historical background, its story is centered on its protagonist and therefore its display of the repression is only focused on her eyes and so it feels somewhat limited, yet it never loses sight of its message.… Expand

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Brent_MarchantJun 4, 2020

An engaging tale about a conflict that's received little cinematic attention told from a unique narrative perspective. This fact-based dramatic feature film debut from director Mounia Meddour follows the efforts of an outspoken fashion designAn engaging tale about a conflict that's received little cinematic attention told from a unique narrative perspective. This fact-based dramatic feature film debut from director Mounia Meddour follows the efforts of an outspoken fashion design student seeking to make a sociopolitical statement about women's rights in her country during the 1990s Algerian Civil War and the aggressively intolerant (and often-deadly) tactics of Islamic fundamentalists to coerce compliance, even in matters of clothing. While some elements of the story seem a bit forced, the film nevertheless raises a variety of intriguing thematic issues using a unlikely but highly inventive form of symbolism. A truly pleasant surprise that emerges from a cinematically innovative premise.… Expand

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hamza7nouaraSep 20, 2020

The full movie made for make muslims bad with wrong tradition and make them look like a terrorist

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