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2011 film

The Source
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Radu Mihăileanu
Written by	Alain-Michel Blanc Radu Mihăileanu
Produced by	Luc Besson Radu Mihăileanu
Starring	Leïla Bekhti Hafsia Herzi
Cinematography	Glynn Speeckaert
Edited by	Ludo Troch
Music by	Armand Amar
Production companies	Elzevir Films Oï Oï Oï Productions
Distributed by	EuropaCorp Distribution
Release dates	21 May 2011 (2011-05-21) (Cannes) 2 November 2011 (2011-11-02) (France)
Running time	135 minutes
Countries	France Belgium Italy
Languages	French Arabic
Budget	$7.9 million
Box office	$4.6 million

The Source (French: 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

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.

Release

The Source premiered in competition at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival on 21 May. EuropaCorp Distribution released it in France on 2 November 2011.

Accolades

Award / Film Festival	Category	Recipients and nominees	Result
Cannes Film Festival	Palme d'Or		Nominated
César Award	Best Actress	Leïla Bekhti	Nominated
César Award	Best Costume Design	Viorica Petrovici	Nominated
Globes de Cristal Award	Best Actress	Leïla Bekhti	Nominated

References

"La Source des femmes". JP's Box-Office.
"La source des femmes". Box Office Mojo.
^ "Horaires 2011" (PDF). festival-cannes.com (in French). Cannes Film Festival. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 January 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
Lemercier, Fabien (5 May 2011). "The Source shines in EuropaCorp's line-up". Cineuropa. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
"La Source des femmes". AlloCiné (in French). Tiger Global. Retrieved 5 May 2011.

External links

The Source at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Radu Mihăileanu
Trahir (1993) Train of Life (1998) Live and Become (2005) Le Concert (2009) The Source (2011) The History of Love (2016)

Luc Besson

Filmography

Films

Directed	Le Dernier Combat (1983) Subway (1985) The Big Blue (1988) La Femme Nikita (1990) Atlantis (1991) Léon: The Professional (1994) The Fifth Element (1997) The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999) Angel-A (2005) Arthur and the Minimoys (2006) Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard (2009) Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds (2010) The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010) The Lady (2011) The Family (2013) Lucy (2014) Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) Anna (2019) Dogman (2023) Dracula: A Love Tale (2025)
Written	Kamikaze (1986) Taxi (1998) Taxi 2 (2000) The Dancer (2000) Kiss of the Dragon (2001) Wasabi (2001) Yamakasi (2001) The Transporter (2002) Fanfan la Tulipe (2003) Taxi 3 (2003) Michel Vaillant (2003) Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse (2004) District 13 (2004) Revolver (2005) Transporter 2 (2005) Unleashed (2005) Bandidas (2006) Taxi 4 (2007) Taken (2008) Transporter 3 (2008) District 13: Ultimatum (2009) From Paris with Love (2010) Colombiana (2011) Lockout (2012) Taken 2 (2012) 3 Days to Kill (2014) Brick Mansions (2014) Taken 3 (2015) The Transporter Refueled (2015) The Warriors Gate (2016) Renegades (2017) Arthur, malédiction (2022) Weekend in Taipei (2024)
Produced	Cold Moon (1991) Nil by Mouth (1997) Chaos and Desire (2002) Les Côtelettes (2003) Taxi (2004) The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) Love and Other Disasters (2006) Nuovomondo (2006) Tell No One (2006) The Secret (2007) Hitman (2007) Taken (2008) Home (2009) Staten Island (2009) 22 Bullets (2010) The Source (2011) A Monster in Paris (2011) Collision (2013) Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart (2013) The Homesman (2014) Taxi 5 (2018)

TV series

Transporter: The Series (2012–2014)
No Limit (2012–2015)
Taxi Brooklyn (2014)
Taken (2017–2018)