| Girls of the Sun | |
| Director: | Eva Husson |
| Starring: | Golshifteh Farahani |
| Country: | France |
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| Gross: | $19,712[1] |
Girls of the Sun (French: '''Les filles du soleil''') is a 2018 French war drama film directed by Eva Husson. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.[2] [3]
The film was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.[2] [3] On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of, based on reviews, and an average rating of . The site's critical consensus reads, "Girls of the Sun has the best of intentions, but this worthy - and thoroughly timely - story is fatally undermined by its clumsily overbearing execution."[5] Agnès Poirier noted that the film initially received "high praise at Cannes" but later "an overwhelming majority of we critics found the film appalling: dreadfully written, poorly directed, verging on obscenity for treating tragedy with Valkyrie-like music and aestheticised images".[6]