Satin Rouge Reviews

Basically, it is one of those rather obscure movies that almost no one has seen on listal and I actually wonder how I ended up watching this in the first place. Anyway, I thought it was quite a nice watch. Indeed, I'm a huge movie buff and it is always pretty neat to see movies from all other the world, especially from a land like Tunisia which is not known for its movie production. So, it was pretty neat to get acquainted with this foreign culture and the story was enternaining enough. I mean, the whole clash between tradition and modernity was nothing really new and the romance triangle was quite reminiscent of 'The Graduate', except that the focus was put on Mrs Robinson this time. With this movie, they tried also to break some stereotypes about belly dancing, there was indeed something quite mesmerizing about this dance art and it is rather surprising that in spite of its very old tradition, it is still rather despised in the Arabian culture. I guess, it has to do with the fact that, in the Muslim culture, women can't be seen as sexual beings, that's why they are covered in the street and belly dancing does exactly the opposite, it exposes women in the most sensual way. Anyway, to conclude, I don't think the story was really amazing but it still remain a decent drama and it is worth a look, especially if you are interested in Tunisia or Arabian culture.