Movie
Girls of the Sun
Overview
Bahar, the commanding officer of the Daughters of the Sun, a battalion made up entirely of Kurdish female soldiers, is on the cusp of liberating their town, which has been overrun by ISIS extremists.
Details
- Release date
- 2018-02-14
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Maneki Films, Wild Bunch, Elle Driver, Arches Films, GapBusters, 20 Steps Productions, RTBF, Bord Cadre Films
- Country
- France, Switzerland, Belgium, Georgia
- Original language
- FR
Cast
- Golshifteh Farahani as Bahar
- Emmanuelle Bercot as Mathilde
- Zübeyde Bulut as Lamia
- Behi Djanati Atai as Dahlia
- Evin Ahmad as Berivan
- Erol Afşin as Tiresh
- Arabi Ghibeh as Man in Black
- Zirek as Commandant Zirek
- Kakha Kupatadze
- Fahmi Guerbaa
- Ivan Anderson
- Nia Mirianashvili as Nofa
Crew
- Eva Husson - Director
- Jacques Akchoti - Writer
- Eva Husson - Screenplay
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