- published: 01 Jan 2012
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The Source (French: La Source des femmes) is a 2011 French comedy film directed by Radu Mihăileanu, starring Leïla Bekhti and Hafsia Herzi. Set in a remote village in North Africa, the story will focus on women who go on a sex strike against having to fetch water from a distant well. It premiered In Competition at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.
The film was produced by France's Elzevir Films and Oï Oï Oï Productions, in co-production with France 3 Cinéma and EuropaCorp. Other than the 64% French investment, Belgian companies contributed 14%, Italian 12% and Moroccan 10%. It was pre-bought by Canal+ and CinéCinéma and received support from Eurimages. The total budget was 7.99 million euro.
The Source premiered in competition at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival on 21 May. EuropaCorp Distribution are scheduled to release it in France on 2 November 2011.
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Plot: The Victoriastadium is totally destroyed in a bomb attack and Christina Furhage, head-responsible for the Olympic Games in Stockholm, dies with it. Why did someone destroy the stadium and why is Christina murdered? The police desperately seek for clues that will lead them to the perpetrator but without any luck. As the Olympic Games draws near the situation becomes more desperate. Annika Bengtzon, a reporter for Kvällsposten, se a connection that no one else sees and without understanding it she starts a carousel that in the end will threaten her own life.
Keywords: based-on-novel, bomb, city, explosive, female-nudity, female-protagonist, female-reporter, hostage, journalist, lesbianActors: David Carradine (actor), Frank Fontaine (actor), Josée Bernard (miscellaneous crew), Jason Cavalier (actor), Russell Yuen (actor), Stefan Wodoslawsky (producer), Sheena Larkin (actress), Danny Nucci (actor), Mark Camacho (actor), Serge Houde (actor), Matt Holland (actor), Cas Anvar (actor), Anne Carlucci (producer), Claudia Besso (actress), Stewart Harding (producer),
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