Cervical Mucus Smells Like Chlorine

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Review the woman who sings

Directed by Denis Villeneuve with Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Desormeaux-Poulin, Remy Girard, Maxim Gaudette, Allen Altman

Review by Mimmot

Until the mid-'70s, Lebanon was considered the Switzerland of the Middle East . The country was an example of hospitality and meeting place for cosmopolitan an outpost of modernity set in the midst of a conservative world, from trendy cafes to exclusive resorts, from luxury hotels to the casino business.
Between 1948 and 1975 the secular policy and "liberal" of the Government enabled the country to welcome hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees, driven from their land and their homes by Israeli settlers, ie since the creation of Israel forced tens of thousands of civilians to seek refuge further north in Lebanon.
since Lebanon became the main base of operations of the Palestinian resistance, exposing themselves to the violent Israeli retaliation, and the country where they are found to live forced people of different ethnic groups, but also of different religions. There were Maronite Christians, Muslims, Druze, Christian Nationalists, but above all was settled ethnic hatred and revenge, foreign interference and uncontrollable chaos.
In this context, so varied and so tormented in 1975 broke a violent and fratricidal civil war, a great ethnic-religious conflict that lasted until the early 90's, 15 years of fighting, bloodshed and tensions that have caused - including civilians and military - more than 150,000 deaths and devastating effects on the economy.

In this melting pot of languages, cultures and religions, where he still continues to kill in the name of God, spread il prologo della storia tragica e disperata di Nawal, una donna libanese estremamente coraggiosa e dalla indomabile forza interiore. La ritroviamo alcune decine di anni dopo ad Ottawa, nel Quebec canadese, lontana dal paese che l'ha segnata profondamente, dove si è rifugiata per crescere i suoi due gemelli, Jeanne e Simon, ma anche per lasciarsi alle spalle il suo passato, colpevole di aver amato un mussulmano palestinese.
Un amore finito nel sangue, dall'odio che i suoi fratelli, cristiani maroniti, avevano per i mussulmani fuggiti da Israele (triste metafora del massacro di Sabra e Chatila).
Da quell'uomo, Nawal ha avuto un figlio maschio: Abou Tarek, di cui Jeanne e Simon hanno sempre ignorato l'esistenza, così come hanno unaware that their father is not dead, as her mother had made them believe.

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