The Source
Director: Radu Mihaileanu
13 Mar 2013
Belgium
2011
135 min
While this charming film from the director of ‘The Orchestra’ might appear to have parallels with ‘Where do we go now?’, in fact its theme of empowered women runs closer to ‘Made in Dagenham’. The women of the unnamed village have been expected to fetch water from a distant spring for as long as they can remember, but they decide to revolt and force the idle menfolk to help out, threatening to withdraw sexual favours until they get what they want. The serious subtext is lightened by a deft comic touch from director and actors alike.