Assad Fouladkar’s comedy about a group of Muslim women struggling to find happiness in love and sex is very funny - and serious when it matters
Men largely come across as misogynistic trolls and the women in their lives as bracingly independent in writer/director Assad Fouladkar’s bright and splashy ensemble comedy, Halal Love (and Sex).
Fouladkar announces the comedic tone of his second feature in an opening sequence that sees a strict teacher at an all-girls school spook her class into believing that children are made from worms called “Alaka” that come out of the man and “walk” into the woman. “That’s why mom always asks dad to shower before bed,” says Hiba (Berlin Badr) to her younger, curious sister, Nasma (Christy Bared), as she relays her shocking discovery back at home.
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Men largely come across as misogynistic trolls and the women in their lives as bracingly independent in writer/director Assad Fouladkar’s bright and splashy ensemble comedy, Halal Love (and Sex).
Fouladkar announces the comedic tone of his second feature in an opening sequence that sees a strict teacher at an all-girls school spook her class into believing that children are made from worms called “Alaka” that come out of the man and “walk” into the woman. “That’s why mom always asks dad to shower before bed,” says Hiba (Berlin Badr) to her younger, curious sister, Nasma (Christy Bared), as she relays her shocking discovery back at home.
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- 1/26/2016
- by Nigel M Smith
- The Guardian - Film News
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