Villa Touma: reviews

What the critics say average 7.0 from 5

• 8.0 CinemaníaSergio F. Pinilla A tragedy with a Shakespearian touch and scenography, with imperceptible and persistent black humor, courtesy from the director and scriptwriter Suha Harraf ('Lemon Tree'). Read
• 8.0 El PaísJordi Costa What Arraf begins telling as a clash of different universes with some comedy touches (...) ends becoming an oppressive tale with a curt, shocking and precise ending. Read
• 8.0 FotogramasManuel Yáñez Murillo A film that cries for the scars of the palestinian-israeli conflict (...), the movie depicts bluntly a rigid social scheme dominated by prejudice and hatred. Read
• 6.0 The Hollywood ReporterDeborah Young "'Villa Touma' is so dated stylistically as clothing, hairstyles and attitudes of superiority of the sisters, and their simple narrative [seems] almost like a fairy tale you've heard many times." Read
• 5.0 VarietyJay Weissberg "It is unfortunate that the concept is much more powerful than the film in question. Given the history of Suha Arraf screenwriter (...) one expects more than a clumsy dialogue of his directorial debut." Read