• The Hollywood Reporter on LinkedIn
  • Follow THR on Pinterest

At Night They Dance (La Nuit, Elles Dansent): Cannes 2011 Review

4:19 AM PDT 5/19/2011 by David Rooney

Cairo belly dancer Madame Reda Ibrahim Mohamed Ali is an intriguing subject in this underdeveloped doc from Isabelle Lavigne and Stephane Thibault.

CANNES -- The matriarchal head of a belly-dancing dynasty, Madame Reda Ibrahim Mohamed Ali would make a natural pack leader on a reality show. The Real Housewives of Cairo, perhaps? But in French-Canadian filmmakers Isabelle Lavigne and Stephane Thibault’s shapeless and only sporadically engaging documentary, At Night They Dance, she cries out for tighter focus and more illuminating context.

  1. Watch Video Live From Cannes: Emma Watson on 'The Bling Ring'

    Live From Cannes: Emma Watson on 'The Bling Ring'

    The British actress talks to THR about her experience at Cannes the day after her latest project, "The Bling Ring," opened the Un Certain Regard competition.

    Related
    MORE VIDEOS

Social & Mobile

From our partners