Of The Sun | Girls

Reviewers from The Guardian and RogerEbert.com lauded Golshifteh Farahani’s powerful performance and the movie's visceral, high-stakes action scenes.

While the characters are fictional, the film is inspired by the real events of the 2014 Sinjar massacre , where thousands of Yazidi women were captured by ISIS. Many survivors escaped to form combat units—most notably the —to fight back against the extremists. Critical Reception Girls of the Sun

Critics generally praised the film’s intentions and performances but were divided on its execution: Reviewers from The Guardian and RogerEbert