[custom_adv] The actress Golshifteh Farahani wore a Chanel Spring 2016 Haute Couture gown which I love for the shimmering fabrication and delicate embellishments. On this occasion the necklace doesn’t overwhelm the look. [custom_adv] The film highlights the struggle of women against obscurantism. Eva Husson has gathered hours of testimony to flesh out her tale, which is directly inspired by recent news events. The film echoes the experiences of the Kurdish women fighters engaged in conflict with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. With their Kalashnikovs in their hands, they were the face of the struggle which took the West by surprise in 2015. [custom_adv] Actress Golshifteh Farahani attends the photocall for "Girls Of The Sun (Les Filles Du Soleil)" during the 71st annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France, on May 13, 2018. [custom_adv] Actor and former beauty queen Aishwarya Rai Bachchan made a colourful statement with a dramatic 'butterfly' gown by Dubai-based designer Michael Cinco for her first red carpet appearance at the 71st Cannes Film Festival here on Saturday. [custom_adv] The war itself is not the heart of the film for Eva Husson; she uses it to illustrate the bravery of women against a system designed to crush them. With Les Filles du soleil, she presents us with a war film which is purely feminine and feminist, with no testosterone-heavy prejudice in sight. She dedicated the film, her first, to "all the feminists of yesterday and today" and chose Golshifteh Farahani to lead the combat and Emmanuelle Bercot (Best Actress Award 2015 for Mon Roi) in the role of a war reporter. [custom_adv] Aishwarya, who clocks her 17th year at the film jamboree this time as L'Oreal Paris brand ambassador, took a confident walk with the exquisite three meter train trailing behind and catching the attention of the crowd. [custom_adv] The rest of the casting was a long, drawn-out task for Eva Husson. She had to assemble a company of actresses who could speak Kurdish, which meant weeks of research in Germany, Georgia, Turkey and Sweden. This was crucial in order to convey the courage of the female combatants with the maximum realism. [custom_adv] She walked the red carpet for the premiere of Eva Husson's French drama "Les filles du soleil", starring actress Golshifteh Farahani. [custom_adv] With her lips accentuated by a scarlet shade, and eyes done up with a smoky effect, Aishwarya kept her hair straight and simple with a neat middle parting. She kept her accessories minimalistic with just danglers and a couple of rings. [custom_adv] Actress Emmanuelle Bercot, director Eva Husson, actress Golshifteh Farahani, Cannes Film Festival Director Thierry Fremaux, producer Didar Domehri and guests attend the screening of "Girls Of The Sun (Les Filles Du Soleil)" during the 71st annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 12, 2018 in Cannes, France [custom_adv] Actress Golshifteh Farahani waves her arms as she attends the photocall for "Girls Of The Sun (Les Filles Du Soleil)" during the 71st annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 13, 2018 in Cannes, France. [custom_adv] Producer Didar Domehri, from left, actress Golshifteh Farahani, director Eva Husson and actress Emmanuelle Bercot pose for photographers during a photo call for the film 'Girls of The Sun' at the 71st international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Sunday, May 13, 2018. [custom_adv] Cannes Film Festival on Sunday presented a new film on a group of Kurdish women who fight to recover a village from enemy militants in a gut-wrenching armed struggle. [custom_adv] "Les filles du soleil" (Girls of the Sun), directed by Eva Husson, follows conflict journalist Mathilde, played by Emmanuelle Bercot, and Bahar, the leader of an all-female Kurdish battalion played by Golshifteh Farahani, during clashes with Islamist extremists in Nov. 2015. [custom_adv] The film shows how women who were kidnapped, raped and tortured chose to take up arms against and fight for their liberty because, according to Husson, they considered that just fighting in itself was already a victory. [custom_adv] Kurdish actress Zubeyde Bulut, whose family fled to Germany when she was three, said "Girls of the Sun" gave her a chance to tell her people's story through cinema and she was particularly excited that women had such a prominent role in it. [custom_adv] Emmanuelle Bercot, Eva Husson, , Golshifteh Farahani, Didar Domehri at 'Girls of the Sun' Red Carpet Arrivals - The 71st Cannes Film Festival Emmanuelle Bercot, Eva Husson, Golshifteh Farahani, Didar Domehri at 'Girls of the Sun' Red Carpet Arrivals - The 71st Cannes Film Festival at Grand Theatre Lumiere.