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Title: Just Like a Woman Director: Rachid Bouchareb (‘Outside the Law,’ ‘Days of Glory’) Starring: Sienna Miller, Golshifteh Farahani (‘Chickens with Plums,’ ‘Body of Lies’), Tim Guinee (‘Iron Man,’ TV’s ‘Revolution’), Roschdy Zem (‘The Cold Light of Day‘)and Chafia Boudraa (‘Outside the Law’) Contending with the important issues of cultural differences and self-importance and identity can be a difficult process for many women in an ethnically diverse city. Finding their rightful place in society while also achieving their personal goals and dreams is the strong motivating factor that drives the two diverse female lead characters in the new drama ‘Just Like a Woman.’ While the two women, Marilyn and Mona, [ Read More ]

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Title: Just Like a Woman Director: Rachid Bouchareb Starring: Sienna Miller, Golshifteh Farahani, Roschdy Zem, Tim Guinee, Bahar Soomekh, Chafia Boudraa Themes of cultural identity and disunity figure prominently into the work of director Rachid Bouchareb, including 2006′s “Days of Glory” and 2011′s “Outside the Law,” both of which were nominated for Best Foreign Language Film Academy Awards. Bouchareb’s English language debut, “Just Like a Woman,” however, is a phony female fantasy — a minor chord variation on “Thelma & Louise” with none of that film’s panache, verve or insight. Instead tone-deaf and at times downright insufferable, this road trip flick in which bellydancing holds the key to feminine enlightenment [ Read More ]

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Cohen Media Group has new photos in for their Just Like a Woman Drama, starring Sienna Miller, Golshifteh Farahani, Bahar Soomekh, Tim Guinee, Roschdy Zem, Chafia Boudraa, Jesse Harper and Sayed Badreya. Rachid Bouchareb directs the film which opens on July 5th in New York, and tells the poignant tale of two women, barely more than casual acquaintances, who, upon escaping the prisons of their unhappy marriages, embark on a revealing journey of self discovery which leads them to the importance - and true meaning - of friendship.

Photo: Cannes Film Festival Update: The full line-up is now available right here. We are now less than 24 hours away from the official 2012 Cannes Film Festival line-up announcement and I have to admit, my excitement for what may come is hitting overload. As much as the Toronto Film Festival has come to be the place where several films begin their Oscar run, there simply is nothing better than the international cinematic prestige of attending the Cannes Film Festival each year and this will mark my third year attending. With that in mind, late last night I added an additional nine films to the RopeofSilicon database that have the potential of being named during tomorrow's (April 19) announcement, which should come sometime around 2 or 3 Am Pst. After doing so I felt it wouldn't hurt to take one last look at what films have the strongest chance of showing up at the festival this year.

Optimum Releasing have unveiled a new UK trailer for acclaimed crime drama Outside the Law.

Written and directed by Rachid Bouchareb, Outside the Law stars Jamel Debbouze, Roschdy Zem, Sami Bouajila, Bernard Blancan, Chafia Boudraa, Sabrina Seyvecou and Assaad Bouab.

A drama about the Algerian struggle for independence from France after WWII.

Outside the Law was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd annual Academy Awards, and will be released nationwide on May 6.

Check out the UK trailer below:

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After he had made the war film Indigènes back in 2006, French director Rachid Bouchareb said that he wants to make a film about the Algerian war of independence. Well, we can now see the teaser of this anticipated film in question that will be called Hors-la-loi (Outside the Law).

The story takes place after the Second World War (1939-1945). After this war, there are many demonstrations in Algeria against the French colonial rule. Three Algerian brothers - Saïd (Jamel Debbouze), Messaoud (Roschdy Zem) and Abdelkader (Sami Bouajila) - decide to immigrate in France because of their political activities. Therefore, these brothers will be separated from their mother.

Messaoud joins the French army and is sent in French Indochina (Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia) to fight Vietnamese nationalists. In Paris, Abdelkader leads a group in favour of Algeria's independence. As for Saïd, he becomes wealthy in bars with a bad reputation and boxing clubs of Pigalle,...