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<\/a><\/p>\nAnd the winner is Patience, Patience You'll Go To Paradise!<\/em> by I loved it - I wanted to shout\/clap my hands while watching it, a lot of humor, it's the first time I saw this kind of story. And then Hadja Lahbib from Belgium (journalist, director, author, producer) responded to the comments. It was a very difficult film. It took three\u00a0years of her life. In the beginning she produced it alone. She had a bigger group of women\u00a0of\u00a0different nationalities, and a lot of them stepped out,\u00a0and then she made the film we saw.<\/p>\n \"I had no support from the commissioners (they said the script is not good, they wanted women with veil etc.); only RTBF, the broadcaster where I work, was positive from the beginning.\"<\/p><\/blockquote>\n About the film: Watch the trailer (in French)<\/p>\n Strong women and humour is the recipe for the winner in the 2015 IRIS Doc category (intercultural docs) And the winner is Patience, Patience You'll Go To Paradise! by Hadja Lahbib (Belgium, 2014, 85 min.) After watching the film we had a group discussion (as we\u00a0always do every day after screenings\u00a0at Prix Europa) Here is … Continue reading Winner at Prix Europa Iris!<\/span>
\nHadja Lahbib (Belgium, 2014, 85 min.)
\nAfter watching the film we had a group discussion (as we\u00a0always do every day after screenings\u00a0at Prix Europa)
\nHere is an interesting insight about reactions to\u00a0the film.
\nFirst of all, the women in the group reacted and said:<\/p>\n
\nThe whole day I am about to cry, but this film! I enjoyed the power and the humour!
\nWomen empowerment, multi-culture, diversity, all in! Bravo!
\nEverybody was laughing, it was a good-mood film!
\nBrilliant!
\nThank you for all the mothers, a film with a lot of love!
\nThis film was a brilliant film about diversity.
\nAt first I will say something very unusual - it was not too long! (87 min.)
\nIt showed us that nothing is impossible.
\nI hope the Swedish television shows it.
\nIt was such a relief - that these women dare to open the door and go!
\nThe story is universal;\u00a0my mum could also identify, and she is Swedish.
\nThese women do something for the youngsters.
\nThis film made my day!
\nIt's challenging to treat serious films with humour!
\nWe loved it!
\nThis film was so rich - had so many layers, it was light but talked about heavy things (topics). There are scenes you carry for a long time.
\nYou took us to a place (these women's world) where we would never\u00a0be able to\u00a0go!
\nGreat humour and power\u00a0in\u00a0the film.
\nI wanted to go deeper\u00a0into the individual life of them and we stayed most of the time in their group.
\nThat's what I liked: that everything came out of a group discussion. The scene with the scarf was very strong!
\nCongratulations!
\nThis programme speaks to all the audiences. It was so authentic. And even disability was a part of the normal life. This is an extra point for the film.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/a>
\n<\/strong> In the 1960s, thousands of North Africans came to work in Belgium. Among them were women who had left everything behind to follow their men to an unknown country. \u201cPatience, patience\u2014you\u2019ll get to heaven\u201d was what these women were repeatedly told to encourage them to put up with their lives without complaining. Fifty years on, some of them are savouring emancipation. They turn out to be incredibly fun, loving, and capable of uninhibited self-mockery. This film follows them as they make new discoveries, through the simplicity of their excursions, their warm femininity, and sense of humour.<\/p>\n
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