Sisters in Arms (2019 film) explained

Sisters in Arms
Director:	Caroline Fourest
Starring:	Dilan Gwyn Amira Casar Camélia Jordana Esther Garrel
Music:	Mathieu Lamboley
Runtime:	112 minutes
Country:	France, Belgium
Language:	English
Budget:	€ 5.6 million

Sisters in Arms (French: Sœurs d'armes) is a French war-drama film based on historic events related to the Genocide of Yazidis by the Islamic State, written and directed by Caroline Fourest. The film was released in October 2019.

Plot

Kenza and Yaël are two young French women who go to Syria and join the 'Snake brigade', an international battalion of women fighting the ISIS alongside the Kurdish forces. There they meet Zara, a Yazidi survivor. Born in different cultures but deeply united, the women fighters heal their past wounds and discover their present strength, especially the fear they inspire in their opponents. The three young women soon bound together and become true sisters-in-arms.^[1]

Cast

• Dilan Gwyn as Zara
• Amira Casar as Commander
• Camélia Jordana as Kenza
• Esther Garrel as Yaël
• Maya Sansa as Mother Sun
• Nanna Blondell as Snipe
• Pascal Greggory as Agent de la coalition
• Noush Skaugen as Lady Kurda
• Mark Ryder as Al Britani
• Korkmaz Arslan as Commander
• Youssef Douazou as El Tounsi

Production

Sisters in Arms was written and directed by Caroline Fourest, with a budget of €5.6 million.^[2] The project was announced in January 2018 under the title Red Snake.^[3]

See also

Genocide of Yazidis by the Islamic State

Notes and References

1. Web site: Film show: 'Sisters in Arms' depicts Kurdish-led female brigades fighting IS group. France24.
2. Web site: Sisters in Arms, Feature Film, 2018–2019 . Crew United. crew-united.com. 24 October 2019.
3. Web site: Rising Stars Topline French Debut Feature About Female Kurdish Warriors. Variety. Elsa. Keslassy. 11 January 2018. 24 October 2019.