For me, the first 10/10 film of 2004. I went in expecting a good film and came out bowled over. Several people left the theatre with tears in their eyes. The cinematography would make the tourist bureau proud, the acting is very good, and the story (based on reality) is extraordinary. An isolated Berber village inhabited only by prostitutes, whose paying customers arrive on the night of the full moon... the mothers, former prostitutes, banished to an even more remote cluster of dwellings: this is a movie about women that is accessible to everyone. Indeed, it is a man in a Charlie Chaplin outfit who comes along to change their lives. Bravo to the women who wrote, directed, produced, and acted in this magnificent film.
Review of Les yeux secs
