"Le Bonheur" and the Feminism of Varda
Effortlessly beautiful and surprisingly tragic.

The story of three liars: Zaghloul the lorry driver who is mistaken by a gang as their own driver, Marhabawy who takes a truth serum that reveals all his lies, and an opportunistic young man who tries to blackmail a wealthy woman.
Effortlessly beautiful and surprisingly tragic.
This is not McDonald’s. This is something different.
A bumpy journey about revolution and family makes us feel fear, disgust, humor, and satisfaction.
The venn diagram of pop feminism and white-centered feminism is a circle. Acknowledging that is not a crime nor a diminishing of 'Barbie', Director Gerwig, or feminism in general.
We can criticize depictions from old media, but they weren’t simply “good for their time”. They were fighting and struggling in a world we can’t imagine.
Madres takes place in the 70’s following a Hispanic married couple who move to a migrant farming community. Diana, who is pregnant, starts to become suspicious of their new environment after she and the women around her develop strange symptoms. Could it be a curse, a sickness, or something else?