The Source
A comedy/drama set in a village and centered on a battle of the sexes, where women threaten to withhold sexual favours as long as the men refuse to install a water pipe.
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Cast
10 people
Leïla Bekhti
Leila
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Hafsia Herzi
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Sabrina Ouazani
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Saleh Bakri
Sami
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Hiam Abbass
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Succession
Blade Runner 2049
Mohamed Majd
Hussein
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Incendies
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Malek Akhmis
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Amal El Atrache
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Karim Leklou
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Radu Mihăileanu Director · Alain-Michel Blanc Screenplay Aristophanes Story
Worldwide gross $4.6M · Budget $8M · First release May 21, 2011
Box office
Budget
$7,990,000
Worldwide gross
$4,600,000
Gross vs. budget
0.6×
Production
Elzévir Films
Production
Oï Oï Oï Productions
Production
EuropaCorp
Production
France 3 Cinéma
Production
La Compagnie Cinématographique
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Panache Productions
Production
RTBF
Production
BiM Distribuzione
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Indigo Film
Production
Agora Films
Production
SNRT
Production
Morocco · France · Belgium · Italy
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Languages
Original title
La Source des femmes
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
Arabic · French
Release dates
France · May 21, 2011
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
France · November 2, 2011
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Belgium
October 6, 2011 · Premiere · Namur Film Festival
November 9, 2011 · Theatrical
Brazil
September 14, 2011 · Premiere · Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
France
March 6, 2012 · Digital · VOD
March 7, 2012 · Physical · DVD & Blu-Ray
March 1, 2022 · Digital · Prime Video
March 4, 2022 · Digital · Disney+
Greece
March 15, 2012 · Theatrical
May 18, 2012 · Physical · DVD
Portugal
May 10, 2012
Sweden
November 14, 2011 · Premiere · Stockholm International Film Festival
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