Overview
Sisters in Arms is a French war-drama film based on historic events related to the Genocide of Yazidis by the Islamic State, written and directed by Caroline Fourest. The film was released in October 2019.
Plot
Kenza and Yaël are two young French women who go to Syria and join the 'Snake brigade', an international battalion of women fighting the ISIS alongside the Kurdish forces. There they meet Zara, a Yazidi survivor. Born in different cultures but deeply united, the women fighters heal their past wounds and discover their present strength, especially the fear they inspire in their opponents. The three young women soon bound together and become true sisters-in-arms.
Cast
Dilan Gwyn as Zara
Amira Casar as Commander
Camélia Jordana as Kenza
Esther Garrel as Yaël
Maya Sansa as Mother Sun
Nanna Blondell as Snipe
Pascal Greggory as Agent de la coalition
Noush Skaugen as Lady Kurda
Mark Ryder as Al Britani
Korkmaz Arslan as Commander
Youssef Douazou as El Tounsi
Production
Sisters in Arms was written and directed by Caroline Fourest, with a budget of €5.6 million. The project was announced in January 2018 under the title Red Snake.
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