Not convinced this one really hits the mark
it is very dark and atmospheric
and yes they were
taken or
got themselves to a place where things could not really work out very well for them
it seems to me overall still to be a demolition job on the reasons why people decide to
join a group of humans who have decided on a society
they wish to see put in existence which is completely alien to every and
all standards acceptable in Western society
the fact that these women are going to see warriors
and that these warriors turn out to be brutal most of the time is not really very surprising is it after all they are living a life of brutality
in their daily
i have seen
Megan Northam
in different films and she's an astounding actress with incredible presence
and that again is here
but it seems to me that she was miscast in this one
i don't really see her in this as plausible she has a quality of feistiness about her
which is visible in all the other films she has been in and series
Saw her a year or two ago in an incredibly brilliant series
set in Athens
Insalata greca (2023) in which she was perfectly cast
here not so much but she has just been rewarded with a César in France (see Wiki under César_Award_for_Best_Female_Revelation)
As regards Madame here
Lubna Azabal
she is astoundingly good in this to me
she really portrays the
role she was given to a tee
The music in the film is excellent and really
underpins every moment in a clever way
enhances everything just exactly what
film music should do
the film feels a little
unpolished around the edges in the end this film
like the reasons the deep reasons which lead people to go to these places
and choose that life are not really addressed
it seems to be more of a
oh look bad idea bad idea bad idea kind of thing
so there's a sort of entirely Western reading of
ultimately the characters and the choices made
falling short of the mark would be my
impression here. Filmed in France and Jordan if you are wondering. Also if wondering The Arabic name "Rabia" means "spring" or "fourth female" (feminine of "fourth"), and is also associated with the fourth month of the Islamic calendar. In Spanish the same word means rage ...
