Movie Reviews of films that will be playing at TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) in 2016. Go to TIFF 2016 Movie Reviews and read reviews of films showing at the festival.
DIVINES (France/Qatar 2016) ****
Directed by Houda Benyamina
Starring: Oulaya Amamra, Déborah Lukumuena, Kevin Mishel
Review by Gilbert Seah
DIVINES is the much acclaimed surprise film at this year’s Cannes and the winner of the grand Camera d’Or Prize, the first to be won by an Arab director.
Houda Benyamina’s debut feature follows the hard lives of two young women who become embroiled in the criminal world of the Parisian neighbourhoods. Teenager Dounia (Oulaya Amamra) dreams of having it all: money, power, and a man. But she is saddled with a drunken and whorish mother.
At school, she freaks out and walks out of her well-intentioned teacher, swearing that she will make more money than her teacher will ever…
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