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May 30, 2017 · A Turkish bath becomes the setting for a series of steamy, provocative and violently political confrontations between women of all ages, shapes and sizes in I Still Hide to Smoke, an intriguingly...
I Still Hide to Smoke 2016 1h 30m Drama List Reviews 92% Audience Score 50+ Ratings Nine women of various backgrounds gather in an Algerian hammam to talk about their lives.
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- Rayhana
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- Hiam Abbass
I Still Hide to Smoke Reviews. It's a reminder of why we watch stories. For the most part, Rayhana's ambitious debut remains a fairly gripping account of women finding respite in each other's...
Oct 1, 2017 · At My Age, I Still Hide to Smoke is a remarkable piece of work: a stunning, bruising critique of oppressive patriarchal society and conservative Islam that’s powerfully incensing and authentically human at the same time. Hiam Abbass stars as Fatima, the owner and operator of a Hammam.
Dec 6, 2017 · I Still Hide to Smoke is a life-affirming film that paints a portrait of a horrible reality; it is a cry for freedom uttered from the throats of a group of women fed up with being forced to pay for God knows what crime.
Rayhana Obermeyer. Synopsis. Fatima, a strong-minded woman, is the lead masseuse of a hammam in Algiers. This is 1995 and the situation is tense in the capital. The day ahead promises to be hectic...
The acting, dialogue and sets are quite stagey, but for this film it works. It's entirely set in a Turkish-style womens' bath-house in Algiers on a day when there has been some kind of a terrorist attack and no-one seems to know much about what's going on, but all remain there for safety.
