Friends, interrupted
On the American poster for Karin Albou’s new film, “Le chant des mariées,” the tag line reads something like “a friendship nothing could destroy” (or some- thing like that). It’s a clichéd line that sells short this thematically bold and visually striking second feature by the director of “Little Jerusalem.”
Yes, this is a film about two teenage girls, and yes, it’s a period piece involving the Nazis, but surprisingly, it doesn’t take the well-tread paths of most other World War II dramas. The setting is Tunisia, 1942, a country deal- ing with issues of French colonization, German...
