{"id":1813,"date":"2020-05-29T17:02:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T14:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/papicha-movie-review\/"},"modified":"2020-05-29T17:02:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T14:02:00","slug":"papicha-movie-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/papicha-movie-review\/","title":{"rendered":"#Papicha Movie Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f0f241da3b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f0f241da3b\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/papicha-movie-review\/#Tomris_Laffly\" >Tomris Laffly<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/papicha-movie-review\/#Papicha_2020\" >Papicha (2020)<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>Papicha<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.rogerebert.com\/uploads\/review\/primary_image\/reviews\/papicha-movie-review-2020\/papicha-movie-review-2020.jpg\"><\/img><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<section>\n<section>Brisk, confident, and atmospheric, Mounia Meddour\u2019s feature debut \u201cPapicha\u201d promptly brings to mind certain female driven films of the 21<sup>st<\/sup> century, centered on young women\u2019s camaraderie, resistance and unique struggles\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movies<\/a> like Deniz Gamze Erg\u00fcven\u2019s moody \u201cMustang,\u201d Margaret Betts\u2019 somber \u201cNovitiate,\u201d Peter Mullan\u2019s devastating \u201cThe Magdalene Sisters\u201d and even Talya Lavie\u2019s darkly comedic \u201cZero Motivation.\u201d While set in different eras and dissimilar in tone, all these deeply feminist films share a language in speaking to the challenges (and in some cases, violence), teenaged and twenty-something women face in their respective cultures, guided by strict cultural or religious codes.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<section>\n<section>\n<p>Meddour announces early on that we\u2019d be settling in something fearless and rare along these lines. In a pulsating opening sequence set after dark, we hear distant <em>Ezan<\/em> (call to prayer) sounds as a pair of college-aged female friends break out of their boarding school and make a run for a taxi cab that would take them to a bustling nightclub. In the backseat, they quickly change into body-conscious, sparkly dresses and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ly make-up on each other. Soon enough, the <em>Ezan<\/em> sounds get drowned out by Technotronic\u2019s \u201cGet Up.\u201d And despite the brief disturbance on the way\u2014patrols stop the car to inspect the situation, with the girls conservatively covered up in their <em>haiks<\/em> just in time\u2014they make it to the club. This is Algeria of the \u201890s and these women have clearly embarked on this innocent enough escapade before. It\u2019s a routine part of their existence as they study French and dream of a future increasingly threatened by their conservative country\u2019s escalating Islamic fundamentalism in the midst of the Algerian Civil War.<\/p>\n<p>One of the clubbers in this opening, Nedjma (played by a fierce Lyna Khoudri, whose star quality will soon be seen in Wes Anderson&#8217;s \u201cThe French Dispatch\u201d), still makes it work somehow. An aspiring fashion designer, she envisions a fruitful career as a dressmaker; but not one who runs away from homeland to abroad in order to study the craft. Nedjma wants to stay in Algeria, redefine \u201cthe Algerian dream\u201d she often speaks critically of, and make a name for herself in her motherland, despite the grim circumstances she is stuck in. But her friends disagree with her stance. One calls Algeria \u201ca big waiting room,\u201d somewhere you bide your time in until you\u2019re free to spread your wings and fly away to greener pastures.<\/p>\n<p>Aided by L\u00e9o Lef\u00e8vre\u2019s glimmering cinematography that&#8217;s attentive to shadows, warm colors, and reflections (in a way that recalls Claire Mathon\u2019s work in \u201cAtlantics\u201d), Meddour\u2019s world-building is detailed to such a precise degree that it\u2019s easy to understand this perception of Algeria. Speaking a mixture of Arabic and French, the girls manage to carve out their space in it and find a way to exist with some semblance of sanity\u2014they bicker, study, flirt with love interests (that Meddour thankfully doesn\u2019t dwell on for too long), go on effervescent beach outings and buy the latest fashions on the cheap in a one-stop-shop convenience store. But the reality that unfolds around them signals that even the most inoffensive of their already diminishing freedoms could one day vanish entirely. Political posters appear around their school, in support of mandatory <em>hijabs<\/em> for women. Conservative, veiled women storm inside their classrooms, preaching stricter morals and condemning foreign languages. Tragedies strike everywhere. But none of it stops Nedjma from wanting to put on a glamorous fashion show on her school campus and display her creations made entirely by using <em>haik<\/em> as fabric\u2014a political statement in its own right.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<section>\n<section>\n<p>While making the way to the eventual fashion show, Meddour and her co-writer Fadette Drouard do a stellar job with the ensemble of girls, building each character with a well-defined journey. There is Nedjma\u2019s romantic and emotional best friend Wassila. There is the genuinely religious bride-to-be Samira, whose deep connection with her faith gives the girls a target to poke fun at (but playfully and harmlessly so). And then there is Kahina, whose only aim in life is to make it to Canada one day. Like an up-and-coming Halston, Nedjma drapes her dresses on these women one by one (Catherine Cosme\u2019s costuming is terrific), unable to foresee the grand tragedy ahead of her.<\/p>\n<p>Between the reveal of an unwanted pregnancy, a case of sexual assault, and a gunned showdown in the final act, Meddour overloads the tail end of her story, loosely inspired by the filmmaker\u2019s own youth. We crave for something deeper from the tonally messy finale that all of a sudden becomes an average action film and somewhat abandons the characters \u201cPapicha\u201d painstakingly builds until then. Still, everything that comes before it is intensely lived-in and authentic, leaving no room for doubt that Meddour is a cinematic talent to watch with urgent things to say on the toughened and resilient female spirit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Available on VOD today, 5\/29.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<section>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tomris Laffly\" src=\"https:\/\/static.rogerebert.com\/uploads\/user\/primary_image\/tomris-laffly\/featured_Tomris2y.jpg\" title=\"Tomris Laffly\"><\/img><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div><figcaption>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tomris_Laffly\"><\/span>Tomris Laffly<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>Tomris Laffly is a freelance film writer and film critic based in New York. She regularly contributes to\u00a0Time Out New York, Film Journal International, Film School Rejects and RogerEbert.com, and her byline has appeared in Indiewire, Variety and Vulture, among other outlets.<br \/><\/br><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<section>\n<section> <\/section>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Papicha movie poster\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" src=\"https:\/\/static.rogerebert.com\/uploads\/movie\/movie_poster\/papicha-2020\/large_papicha-poster.jpg\" title=\"Papicha movie poster\"><\/img><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Papicha_2020\"><\/span> Papicha (2020) <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p> <meta content=\"NR\" itemprop=\"contentRating\"><\/meta> Rated NR  <\/p>\n<p> 108 minutes <meta content=\"PT108M\" itemprop=\"duration\"><\/meta><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<section>\n<section>\n<div>\n<div>\n<article target=\"_blank\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.rogerebert.com\/uploads\/blog_post\/primary_image\/features\/connecting-to-a-lost-score-by-johan-johannson-personal-effects\/thumb_pe.jpg\"><\/img><\/p>\n<p> about 6 hours ago <\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<article target=\"_blank\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.rogerebert.com\/uploads\/blog_post\/primary_image\/far-flung-correspondents\/malcolm-x-spike-lees-timeless-sermon\/thumb_x-image.jpg\"><\/img><\/p>\n<p> 1 day ago <\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<article target=\"_blank\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.rogerebert.com\/uploads\/blog_post\/primary_image\/interviews\/the-words-are-so-good-daveed-diggs-on-central-park\/thumb_Central_Park_Photo_010104.jpg\"><\/img><\/p>\n<p> 1 day ago <\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<article target=\"_blank\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.rogerebert.com\/uploads\/blog_post\/primary_image\/features\/short-films-in-focus-lowland-kids\/thumb_lowland-kids-2.jpg\"><\/img><\/p>\n<p> 2 days ago <\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/papicha-movie-review-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more Like this articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Social Media category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>if you want to watch Movies or Tv Shows go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/dizi.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dizi.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a> <\/span> for forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Papicha&#8221; 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