Dry Eyes (2003)

Original title

Les yeux secs

Directed by

Narjiss Nejjar

Genre

drama film

Country

Morocco, France

Runtime

1h 56m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows women in a Berber community as they grapple with traditional controls on their lives. It shows their struggle for independence and self-determination within a patriarchal society.

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What happens

Les Yeux secs (US title: Cry No More) is a French-Moroccan film directed by Narjiss Nejjar and released in 2003. The critically acclaimed film was selected for the Directors' Fortnight in Cannes, the FIFF, and the Marrakech Film Festival. It won numerous awards, including the Bayard d'Or for Best Screenplay in Namur. Les yeux secs was Nejjar's first feature film. It deals with several subjects, particularly the emancipation of women and the control of men over their destiny. She initially planned on making a documentary about the village in question, but ultimately chose to make a fictional film as she sensed a reluctance on the part of the village's inhabitants. The film, set in the Berber towns of Aghbala and Tizi N'Isly and shot in Tamazight, was a commercial success in France, but faced domestic controversy. The women of Aghbala and Tizi filed a lawsuit against Nejjar for defamation. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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