The Source (2011 film)

{{Infobox film

| name = The Source

| image = La-source-des-femmes-poster.png

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Radu Mihăileanu

| producer = Luc Besson
Radu Mihăileanu

| writer = Alain-Michel Blanc
Radu Mihăileanu

| based_on =

| starring = Leïla Bekhti
Hafsia Herzi

| music = Armand Amar

| cinematography = Glynn Speeckaert

| editing = Ludo Troch

| studio = Elzevir Films
Oï Oï Oï Productions

| distributor = EuropaCorp Distribution

| released = {{Film date|2011|5|21|Cannes|df=y|2011|11|2|France}}

| runtime = 135 minutes

| country = France
Belgium
Italy

| language = French
Arabic

| budget = $7.9 million{{cite web|url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=12425|title=La Source des femmes |work=JP's Box-Office}}

| gross = $4.6 million{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&wk=2011W44&id=_fLASOURCEDESFEMME01|title=La source des femmes |work=Box Office Mojo}}

}}

The Source ({{langx|fr|La Source des femmes}}) is a 2011 French drama-comedy film directed by Radu Mihăileanu, starring Leïla Bekhti and Hafsia Herzi. It premiered In Competition at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.

Plot

Set in a remote village in North Africa, the story focuses on women who go on a sex strike against having to fetch water from a distant well. The story is an adaptation of the ancient Greek comedy Lysistrata.

Cast

File:La source des femmes Cannes 2011.jpg

Leïla Bekhti as Leila
Hafsia Herzi as Loubna Esmeralda
Sabrina Ouazani as Rachida
Saleh Bakri as Sami
Hiam Abbass as Fatima
Biyouna as The Old Gun
Zinedine Soualem

Production

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.{{Cite web|last=Lemercier|first=Fabien|date=5 May 2011|url=http://cineuropa.org/newsdetail.aspx?lang=en&documentID=202882|title=The Source shines in EuropaCorp's line-up|work=Cineuropa|access-date=5 May 2011}}

Release

The Source premiered in competition at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival on 21 May.{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/assets/File/Web/HORAIRES%202011/Horaire%20internet.pdf|title=Horaires 2011|language=French|work=festival-cannes.com|publisher=Cannes Film Festival|accessdate=30 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120123034309/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/assets/File/Web/HORAIRES%202011/Horaire%20internet.pdf|archive-date=23 January 2012|url-status=dead}} EuropaCorp Distribution released it in France on 2 November 2011.{{Cite web|url=http://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=178832.html|title=La Source des femmes|language=French|work=AlloCiné|publisher=Tiger Global|access-date=5 May 2011}}